Montgomery vs Oak Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Montgomery and Oak Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Montgomery and Oak Hill are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Hill has the higher population (8,057 vs 1,635 in Montgomery). Oak Hill has the higher median household income ($51,799 vs $26,797 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $110,400 in Oak Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Oak Hill
Population	1,635	8,057
Median age	46.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,797	$51,799
Median home value	$117,300	$110,400
Median gross rent	$628	$826
Housing units	921	3,783
Homeownership rate	38.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Oak Hill
Population	1,592 → 1,635 (+2.7%)	8,336 → 8,057 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$23,625 → $26,797 (+13.4%)	$39,296 → $51,799 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $117,300 (+51.9%)	$97,200 → $110,400 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$474 → $628 (+32.5%)	$650 → $826 (+27.1%)

Montgomery

Population

1,5921,635

Median household income

$23,625$26,797

Median home value

$77,200$117,300

Median gross rent

$474$628

Oak Hill

Population

8,3368,057

Median household income

$39,296$51,799

Median home value

$97,200$110,400

Median gross rent

$650$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Oak Hill
Under 5	4.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	18.2%	13.8%
75 and over	7.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Oak Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	6.9%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	16.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Oak Hill
No high school diploma	12.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	40.6%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Oak Hill
Drove alone	73.2%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.8%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Oak Hill
1-unit, detached	43.8%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	17.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Oak Hill
Poverty rate	29.8%	16.5%
Average household size	2.00	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1972	1973