Huntington County vs Montgomery County

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

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

Montgomery County has the higher population (38,155 vs 36,757 in Huntington County). Montgomery County has the higher median household income ($66,571 vs $62,734 in Huntington County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($166,300 vs $146,400 in Huntington County).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington County	Montgomery County
Population	36,757	38,155
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,734	$66,571
Median home value	$146,400	$166,300
Median gross rent	$866	$827
Housing units	16,275	16,534
Homeownership rate	76.2%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington County	Montgomery County
Population	36,359 → 36,757 (+1.1%)	38,287 → 38,155 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$53,632 → $62,734 (+17.0%)	$55,522 → $66,571 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $146,400 (+36.6%)	$125,700 → $166,300 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $866 (+23.2%)	$684 → $827 (+20.9%)

Huntington County

Population

36,35936,757

Median household income

$53,632$62,734

Median home value

$107,200$146,400

Median gross rent

$703$866

Montgomery County

Population

38,28738,155

Median household income

$55,522$66,571

Median home value

$125,700$166,300

Median gross rent

$684$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington County	Montgomery County
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.4%
75 and over	7.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	7.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	42.9%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	78.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	3.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	83.8%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Huntington County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	10.1%	11.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1964	1965