Montgomery County vs Webster County

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

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

Webster County has the higher population (9,942 vs 9,708 in Montgomery County). Webster County has the higher median household income ($59,964 vs $45,057 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($110,700 vs $109,500 in Webster County).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery County	Webster County
Population	9,708	9,942
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,057	$59,964
Median home value	$110,700	$109,500
Median gross rent	$682	$618
Housing units	5,349	5,094
Homeownership rate	72.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery County	Webster County
Population	10,068 → 9,708 (-3.6%)	9,768 → 9,942 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$39,840 → $45,057 (+13.1%)	$45,730 → $59,964 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $110,700 (+30.5%)	$84,000 → $109,500 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $682 (+23.1%)	$528 → $618 (+17.0%)

Montgomery County

Population

10,0689,708

Median household income

$39,840$45,057

Median home value

$84,800$110,700

Median gross rent

$554$682

Webster County

Population

9,7689,942

Median household income

$45,730$59,964

Median home value

$84,000$109,500

Median gross rent

$528$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery County	Webster County
Under 5	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.6%
75 and over	9.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery County	Webster County
White (non-Hispanic)	52.2%	78.0%
Black or African American	45.2%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery County	Webster County
No high school diploma	18.6%	15.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery County	Webster County
Drove alone	80.7%	88.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery County	Webster County
1-unit, detached	72.0%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery County	Webster County
Poverty rate	25.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1980	1982