Montgomery County vs Randolph County

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

Montgomery County and Randolph County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Randolph County has the higher population (30,142 vs 28,078 in Montgomery County). Randolph County has the higher median household income ($68,870 vs $61,863 in Montgomery County). Randolph County has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $102,200 in Montgomery County).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery County	Randolph County
Population	28,078	30,142
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,863	$68,870
Median home value	$102,200	$134,100
Median gross rent	$715	$760
Housing units	12,528	13,400
Homeownership rate	76.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery County	Randolph County
Population	28,828 → 28,078 (-2.6%)	32,295 → 30,142 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$52,748 → $61,863 (+17.3%)	$53,816 → $68,870 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $102,200 (+21.5%)	$110,200 → $134,100 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $715 (+11.0%)	$680 → $760 (+11.8%)

Montgomery County

Population

28,82828,078

Median household income

$52,748$61,863

Median home value

$84,100$102,200

Median gross rent

$644$715

Randolph County

Population

32,29530,142

Median household income

$53,816$68,870

Median home value

$110,200$134,100

Median gross rent

$680$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery County	Randolph County
Under 5	5.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.8%
75 and over	9.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery County	Randolph County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	85.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery County	Randolph County
No high school diploma	10.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	41.2%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery County	Randolph County
Drove alone	80.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery County	Randolph County
1-unit, detached	82.6%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery County	Randolph County
Poverty rate	13.8%	12.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1963	1972