Montgomery County vs Winnebago County

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

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

Winnebago County has the higher population (10,648 vs 10,254 in Montgomery County). Winnebago County has the higher median household income ($63,719 vs $63,190 in Montgomery County). Winnebago County has the higher median home value ($132,300 vs $109,900 in Montgomery County).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery County	Winnebago County
Population	10,254	10,648
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,190	$63,719
Median home value	$109,900	$132,300
Median gross rent	$782	$712
Housing units	5,011	5,080
Homeownership rate	71.6%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery County	Winnebago County
Population	10,053 → 10,254 (+2.0%)	10,534 → 10,648 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$51,696 → $63,190 (+22.2%)	$49,870 → $63,719 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $109,900 (+28.2%)	$94,800 → $132,300 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $782 (+21.4%)	$620 → $712 (+14.8%)

Montgomery County

Population

10,05310,254

Median household income

$51,696$63,190

Median home value

$85,700$109,900

Median gross rent

$644$782

Winnebago County

Population

10,53410,648

Median household income

$49,870$63,719

Median home value

$94,800$132,300

Median gross rent

$620$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery County	Winnebago County
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.4%
75 and over	9.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery County	Winnebago County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery County	Winnebago County
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery County	Winnebago County
Drove alone	81.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery County	Winnebago County
1-unit, detached	83.5%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery County	Winnebago County
Poverty rate	12.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1955	1961