Montgomery Village is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 34,893 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Montgomery Village is the 29th largest community in Maryland.
Also of interest is that Montgomery Village has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.14% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In Montgomery Village, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.68 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Montgomery Village is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Montgomery Village area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
The education level of Montgomery Village ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Montgomery Village, 42.74% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Montgomery Village in 2022 was $44,624, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $178,496 for a family of four. However, Montgomery Village contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Montgomery Village is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Montgomery Village home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Montgomery Village, accounting for 34.39% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Montgomery Village residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Montgomery Village include English, Irish, German, Italian, and African.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Montgomery Village's cultural character, accounting for 34.57% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Montgomery Village is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.