Montgomery vs Smithers

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

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

Montgomery has the higher population (1,635 vs 891 in Smithers). Smithers has the higher median household income ($32,237 vs $26,797 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $72,800 in Smithers).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Smithers
Population	1,635	891
Median age	46.2 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,797	$32,237
Median home value	$117,300	$72,800
Median gross rent	$628	$496
Housing units	921	436
Homeownership rate	38.1%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Smithers
Population	1,592 → 1,635 (+2.7%)	1,104 → 891 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$23,625 → $26,797 (+13.4%)	$31,000 → $32,237 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $117,300 (+51.9%)	$113,400 → $72,800 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$474 → $628 (+32.5%)	$577 → $496 (-14.0%)

Montgomery

Population

1,5921,635

Median household income

$23,625$26,797

Median home value

$77,200$117,300

Median gross rent

$474$628

Smithers

Population

1,104891

Median household income

$31,000$32,237

Median home value

$113,400$72,800

Median gross rent

$577$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Smithers
Under 5	4.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	8.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	5.4%
65 to 74	18.2%	28.8%
75 and over	7.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Smithers
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	79.3%
Black or African American	6.9%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Smithers
No high school diploma	12.3%	13.7%
High school graduate	40.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Smithers
Drove alone	73.2%	35.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.7%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	45.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Smithers
1-unit, detached	43.8%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	11.5%
20 or more units	17.9%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Smithers
Poverty rate	29.8%	35.9%
Average household size	2.00	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1972	1946