Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety51#7,666/15,637
Economy68#4,979/15,631
Housing84#2,466/14,977
Health40#9,288/15,609
Healthcare29#11,111/15,650
Environment31#10,690/15,453
Education63#5,781/15,649
Infrastructure53#7,431/15,650
Community32#10,585/15,651
Leisure & amenities24#11,942/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Montgomery, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Daviess County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Poverty rate · low1.4%
98/100Indiana 12.1%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Math scores · high3.48
95/100Indiana 3.19United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDaviess County value
Unemployment rate · low0.6%
95/100Indiana 3.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Drought exposure · low1%
93/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAADaviess County value
Injury deaths · low57 /100k
91/100Indiana 96 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDaviess County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low119 min
88/100Indiana 148 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDaviess County value

Weaknesses

Voter turnout · low50.6%
5/100Indiana 59.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionDaviess County value
Comfortable days · low22.6%
5/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDaviess County value
Dentists · low30 /100k
11/100Indiana 61 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDaviess County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low51.7%
12/100Indiana 76.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDaviess County value
Job growth · low-2.0%
13/100Indiana -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataDaviess County value
Mental health providers · low91 /100k
13/100Indiana 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDaviess County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
814 (2015-2019) → 1,111 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
36.8% (2015-2019) → 9.4% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.5% (2015-2019) → 91.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
15.9% (2015-2019) → 6.6% (2020-2024)
−9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherImproving
84.7% (2015-2019) → 90.5% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Poverty rateImproving
7.0% (2015-2019) → 1.4% (2020-2024)
−5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Montgomery, Indiana improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Montgomery, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	−2.2 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Broadband subscriptions	79.5%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Effective property tax rate	0.59%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	84.7%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	78%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4182015-2019	0.3802020-2024	−0.039	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$67,7212015-2019	$83,5002020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	40%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.9%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.9%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	−9.3 points	Within the margin of error	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Montgomery, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Montgomery, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Montgomery, Indiana itself moved +7.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,111 residents (±242)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−8.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,111 residents (±242)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

White96%1,063
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.2%†35
Asian0.3%†3
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%†3
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.6%†7

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

831 residents (±193)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma9.5%†79
High school or GED42%†350
Some college9.1%†76
Associate degree20%†163
Bachelor's degree10%†85
Graduate degree9.4%†78

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+7.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

398 households (±75)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k6.3%†25
$25k–50k27%†106
$50k–75k15%†60
$75k–100k11%†43
$100k–150k22%†87
$150k–200k12%†48
$200k or more7.3%†29

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+14.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

398 households (±75)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

Own85%339
Rent15%†59

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

53 households (±31)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $7503.8%†2
$750–1,00081%†43
$1,000–1,50015%†8

Home values

339 homes (±73)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k27%†91
$150k–250k36%†123
$250k–400k14%†47

Age of homes

403 homes (±75)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later14%†55
2000–200917%†67
1980–199921%†84

Size of homes

403 homes (±75)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom1.0%†4
2 bedrooms21%†86

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

515 workers (±134)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone78%†403
Carpool13%†66
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.8%†4
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.2%†42
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

473 workers (±133)

Montgomery, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min44%†206
15–29 min27%†129
30–44 min21%†99

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Washington, IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Daviess County, the county holding most of Montgomery's residents.

Daviess County has 960 employer establishments, 283 for every 10,000 residents (1.14× the US rate of 248; 1.25× Indiana's), with 12,065 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,828. The Census Bureau also counts 2,833 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 960; 2,833 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 283; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 12,065
Average annual pay: $45,828; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Daviess County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Construction of buildings	113	33.4	4.41×More than typical	1,023	$55,914	202
Specialty trade contractors	101	29.8	1.93×More than typical	579	$55,437	451
Ambulatory health care services	45	13.3	0.64×Fewer than typical	177	$59,537	44
Truck transportation	44	13	2.57×More than typical	573	$59,545	87
Restaurants and other eating places	42	12.4	0.68×Fewer than typical	740	$16,120	9
Religious organizations	36	10.6	1.92×More than typical	356	$22,812	—
Building finishing contractors	30	8.9	2.33×More than typical	155	$37,794	144
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	29	8.6	2.72×More than typical	177	$61,678	70
Automotive repair and maintenance	27	8	1.58×More than typical	111	$39,541	37
Building equipment contractors	22	6.5	1.08×About typical	123	$55,553	64
Insurance agencies and brokerages	22	6.5	1.48×More than typical	174	$90,741	35
Full-service restaurants	20	5.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	361	$15,501	3

Rank places for an industry Open Daviess County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 33,863 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Montgomery, Indiana: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

423.8FY2018
3.7KFY2021
388.5FY2022
8.2KFY2023
354.5FY2024
46.4FY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Montgomery, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Montgomery, Indiana's figures are part of those of Daviess County, IN ($11.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Montgomery is mostly in Daviess County.

See federal money in Daviess County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Montgomery, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mark B. MessmerR-IN-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Daviess County37100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Washington, IN19

Other cities and towns in Daviess County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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