Cameron County vs Montgomery County

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

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

Montgomery County has the higher population (654,722 vs 423,192 in Cameron County). Montgomery County has the higher median household income ($97,266 vs $51,334 in Cameron County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($317,500 vs $120,000 in Cameron County).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron County	Montgomery County
Population	423,192	654,722
Median age	32.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,334	$97,266
Median home value	$120,000	$317,500
Median gross rent	$899	$1,471
Housing units	157,565	253,801
Homeownership rate	65.2%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron County	Montgomery County
Population	421,666 → 423,192 (+0.4%)	571,949 → 654,722 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$38,758 → $51,334 (+32.4%)	$80,902 → $97,266 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $120,000 (+39.9%)	$235,800 → $317,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $899 (+22.6%)	$1,203 → $1,471 (+22.3%)

Cameron County

Population

421,666423,192

Median household income

$38,758$51,334

Median home value

$85,800$120,000

Median gross rent

$733$899

Montgomery County

Population

571,949654,722

Median household income

$80,902$97,266

Median home value

$235,800$317,500

Median gross rent

$1,203$1,471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron County	Montgomery County
Under 5	7.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.5%
75 and over	6.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	60.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	89.3%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	28.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	77.7%	74.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.1%	14.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	64.4%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	7.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Cameron County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	24.4%	9.3%
Average household size	3.10	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1992	2003