Knox County vs Montgomery County

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

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

Knox County has the higher population (30,034 vs 28,271 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median household income ($57,468 vs $33,153 in Knox County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($163,800 vs $109,200 in Knox County).

Population, income & housing

	Knox County	Montgomery County
Population	30,034	28,271
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,153	$57,468
Median home value	$109,200	$163,800
Median gross rent	$631	$796
Housing units	13,824	12,204
Homeownership rate	65.6%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knox County	Montgomery County
Population	31,365 → 30,034 (-4.2%)	27,884 → 28,271 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$30,181 → $33,153 (+9.8%)	$45,516 → $57,468 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $109,200 (+25.8%)	$116,700 → $163,800 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $631 (+12.3%)	$710 → $796 (+12.1%)

Knox County

Population

31,36530,034

Median household income

$30,181$33,153

Median home value

$86,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$562$631

Montgomery County

Population

27,88428,271

Median household income

$45,516$57,468

Median home value

$116,700$163,800

Median gross rent

$710$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knox County	Montgomery County
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.7%
75 and over	7.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knox County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knox County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	24.3%	15.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knox County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	78.1%	83.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	7.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knox County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	57.1%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Knox County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	36.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1985	1985