Hidalgo County vs Montgomery County

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

Hidalgo 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.

Hidalgo County has the higher population (880,921 vs 654,722 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median household income ($97,266 vs $52,281 in Hidalgo County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($317,500 vs $124,000 in Hidalgo County).

Population, income & housing

	Hidalgo County	Montgomery County
Population	880,921	654,722
Median age	30.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,281	$97,266
Median home value	$124,000	$317,500
Median gross rent	$925	$1,471
Housing units	302,173	253,801
Homeownership rate	67.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hidalgo County	Montgomery County
Population	855,176 → 880,921 (+3.0%)	571,949 → 654,722 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$40,014 → $52,281 (+30.7%)	$80,902 → $97,266 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $124,000 (+42.4%)	$235,800 → $317,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $925 (+26.0%)	$1,203 → $1,471 (+22.3%)

Hidalgo County

Population

855,176880,921

Median household income

$40,014$52,281

Median home value

$87,100$124,000

Median gross rent

$734$925

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)

	Hidalgo County	Montgomery County
Under 5	8.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.5%
75 and over	5.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hidalgo County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	6.1%	60.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	91.9%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hidalgo County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	30.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	25.2%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hidalgo County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	75.8%	74.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.6%	14.1%
Other means	3.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hidalgo County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	65.0%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	8.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Hidalgo County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	27.2%	9.3%
Average household size	3.30	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1999	2003