Juniata County vs Montour County

A side-by-side comparison of Juniata County and Montour County: population, income, housing, and more.

Juniata County and Montour County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Juniata County has the higher population (23,419 vs 18,079 in Montour County). Montour County has the higher median household income ($72,926 vs $63,923 in Juniata County). Montour County has the higher median home value ($240,300 vs $206,300 in Juniata County).

Population, income & housing

	Juniata County	Montour County
Population	23,419	18,079
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,923	$72,926
Median home value	$206,300	$240,300
Median gross rent	$730	$1,057
Housing units	10,502	8,117
Homeownership rate	73.2%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Juniata County	Montour County
Population	24,624 → 23,419 (-4.9%)	18,259 → 18,079 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$53,879 → $63,923 (+18.6%)	$58,333 → $72,926 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $206,300 (+38.5%)	$185,100 → $240,300 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $730 (+8.5%)	$721 → $1,057 (+46.6%)

Juniata County

Population

24,62423,419

Median household income

$53,879$63,923

Median home value

$148,900$206,300

Median gross rent

$673$730

Montour County

Population

18,25918,079

Median household income

$58,333$72,926

Median home value

$185,100$240,300

Median gross rent

$721$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Juniata County	Montour County
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.9%
75 and over	9.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Juniata County	Montour County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Juniata County	Montour County
No high school diploma	16.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	49.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Juniata County	Montour County
Drove alone	76.2%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.5%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Juniata County	Montour County
1-unit, detached	76.3%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Juniata County	Montour County
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1974	1975