County · Pennsylvania

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 92 out of 100 (very high), ranking #239 of 3,143 US counties. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #4 of 67 counties. It ranks best on flu vaccinations (high), average weekly wage (high) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), child care cost burden (high) and effective property tax rate (high).

92Very high

Quality-of-life score: #239 of 3,143 counties
Pennsylvania: #4 of 67 in PA
Population: 877,643 (2025)
Land area: 483 mi²
Density: 1,817.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 42091

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety90#307/3,096
Economy94#184/3,143
Housing15#2,682/3,140
Health98#67/3,144
Healthcare99#23/3,143
Environment26#2,312/3,108
Education99#17/3,144
Infrastructure93#221/3,144
Community96#128/3,144
Leisure & amenities80#636/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Flu vaccinations · high61.0%
100/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · high$1,748
98/100Pennsylvania $1,429United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Poverty rate · low6.2%
98/100Pennsylvania 11.6%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.5%
98/100Pennsylvania 7.2%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · high53.0%
98/100Pennsylvania 35.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Some college · high80.1%
98/100Pennsylvania 67.5%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high238 min
3/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Child care cost burden · high37.9%
10/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · high1.29%
14/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.473
18/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public libraries · low0.4 /10k
18/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.5 µg/m³
19/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 48% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+48 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
9 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−89%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.7% (2020 & 2021) → 37.9% (2023 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
24.8% (Dec 2021) → 34.8% (Aug 2026)
+10 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$75,109 (2019) → $101,781 (2024)
+36%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Drug overdose deathsImproving
21.2 /100k (2021) → 14.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−34%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

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 County, Pennsylvania improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 13 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Suicides−25%12.5 /100k → 9.4 /100k
Commute−1.4 min29.2 min → 27.8 min
Unemployment−3.9 points7.4% → 3.5%
Real income+36%$75,109 → $101,781
Arts & recreation+17%5.0 /10k → 5.8 /10k

Declined7

Transit use−2.3 points5.3% → 2.9%
Property crime+6.2%1,098 /100k → 1,166 /100k
Violent crime+14%97 /100k → 111 /100k
Rent burden+3.2 points45.8% → 49.0%
Rent / income+1.4 points28.2% → 29.6%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.0 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	68%
Average commute time	29.2 min2015-2019	27.8 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Improved	83%
Average weekly wage	$1,5242020	$1,7482025	+15%	Improved	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%2015-2019	53.0%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	89.4%2015-2019	94.3%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	10%
Child poverty rate	6.7%2019	6.9%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Distance to an airport	21 mi2020	22 mi2025	+1 mi	Declined	2%
Drug overdose deaths	25.0 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−44%	Improved	70%
Effective property tax rate	1.53%2015-2019	1.29%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	81%
Firearm deaths	7.7 /100k2020	6.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−14%	Within the margin of error	71%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	66%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.2 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	65%
High school diploma or higher	94.4%2015-2019	95.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	51%
Homicide rate	2.5 /100k2020	2.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Within the margin of error	36%
Income adjusted for local prices	$75,1092019	$101,7812024	+36%	Improved	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4672015-2019	0.4732020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	44%
Median household income	$92,3402019	$111,9152024	+21%	Improved	30%
New business applications	12.1 /1k2020	13.9 /1k2025	+15%	Improved	18%
Pharmacies	2.5 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	37%
Poverty rate	6.0%2019	6.2%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Property crime rate	1,098 /100k2020	1,166 /100k2025	+6.2%	Declined	8%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−17%	Within the margin of error	5%
Public transit commuters	5.3%2015-2019	2.9%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Declined	7%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Declined	34%
Rent-burdened households	45.8%2015-2019	49.0%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Declined	35%
Restaurants and bars	8.6 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	−2.5%	Within the margin of error	41%
Students per teacher	13.7×2019	12.5×2024	−1.2×	Improved	70%
Suicide rate	12.5 /100k2020	9.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−25%	Improved	88%
Traffic deaths	4.6 /100k2015-2019	5.3 /100k2020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	38%
Unemployment rate	7.4%2020	3.5%2025	−3.9 points	Improved	81%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.9%2019	4.5%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Violent crime rate	97 /100k2020	111 /100k2025	+14%	Declined	22%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Montgomery County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 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 County, Pennsylvania itself moved +0.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

867,573 residents

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 women (−0.7 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

867,573 residents

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White71%619,965
Black9.2%79,399
Hispanic or Latino6.7%58,178
Asian8.0%69,790
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†161
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†152
Other or two or more races4.6%39,928

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−4.3 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

614,025 residents (±97)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma4.9%30,021
High school or GED22%134,423
Some college13%80,418
Associate degree7.1%43,586
Bachelor's degree29%181,019
Graduate degree24%144,558

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+2.1 points).

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

335,505 households (±932)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k8.9%29,857
$25k–50k12%38,792
$50k–75k12%40,581
$75k–100k11%38,210
$100k–150k19%64,869
$150k–200k12%41,744
$200k or more24%81,452

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.9 points).

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

335,505 households (±932)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own71%239,495
Rent29%96,010

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

92,603 households (±2,032)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $7505.3%4,903
$750–1,0006.2%5,778
$1,000–1,50028%25,602

Home values

239,495 homes (±2,085)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k5.1%12,119
$150k–250k9.9%23,809
$250k–400k28%66,543

Age of homes

350,351 homes (±250)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later8.1%28,272
2000–20098.6%29,987
1980–199922%77,900

Size of homes

350,351 homes (±250)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio2.6%9,198
1 bedroom12%40,321
2 bedrooms19%67,231

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

449,261 workers (±3,179)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone64%289,454
Carpool6.2%27,710
Public transit2.9%13,132
Walk2.0%8,770
Bike0.2%1,016
Work from home23%104,493
Other1.0%4,686

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+16.4 points).

Table view

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

Time to get to work

344,768 workers (±3,623)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min24%81,544
15–29 min33%112,567
30–44 min24%82,399

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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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.

Montgomery County has 26,711 employer establishments, 307 for every 10,000 residents (1.24× the US rate of 248; 1.30× Pennsylvania's), with 559,196 paid employees at an average annual pay of $82,456. The Census Bureau also counts 81,134 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 26,711; 81,134 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 307; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 559,196
Average annual pay: $82,456; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	2,452	28.2	1.35×More than typical	36,718	$69,957	5,842
Restaurants and other eating places	1,653	19	1.03×About typical	27,857	$23,424	291
Specialty trade contractors	1,559	17.9	1.16×About typical	15,959	$87,794	4,209
Lessors of real estate	1,079	12.4	1.01×About typical	6,494	$88,760	11,704
Services to buildings and dwellings	866	10	1.48×More than typical	14,022	$39,321	2,649
Management, scientific and technical consulting	815	9.4	1.40×More than typical	9,944	$107,520	4,788
Construction of buildings	805	9.3	1.22×About typical	6,554	$106,557	1,783
Personal care services	792	9.1	1.91×More than typical	4,707	$28,118	1,653
Offices of other health practitioners	736	8.5	1.39×More than typical	4,339	$52,436	3,148
Offices of physicians	730	8.4	1.30×More than typical	10,129	$112,591	1,353
Full-service restaurants	699	8	1.05×About typical	15,609	$25,850	97
Limited-service restaurants	688	7.9	0.99×About typical	9,093	$21,345	144

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 870,108 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $6.3B on contracts performed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: $7,200 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $6.3B; −26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,200; US $1,995
Sole-source: 2.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.4%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$5.7B90%
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office$218.3M3.5%
Department of the Air Force$162.9M2.6%
Department of the Navy$123.7M2.0%
Bureau of the Fiscal Service$20.8M0.3%
Department of the Army$15.7M0.2%
Federal Emergency Management Agency$9.5M0.2%
Environmental Protection Agency$8.4M0.1%

Top recipients

AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORP$5.6B89%
REED TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SERVICES LLC$218.1M3.5%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$134.7M2.1%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$70.7M1.1%
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS LLC$24.9M0.4%

Spending by fiscal year

607.6MFY2017
682.2MFY2018
665.3MFY2019
638.7MFY2020
1.4BFY2021
2.7BFY2022
5.2BFY2023
7.1B

Top industries (NAICS)

Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$3.8B60%
Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers · 4242$1.8B29%
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers · 5111$218.1M3.5%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$122.1M1.9%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$77.4M1.2%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345

Largest awards

PATENT DATA AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT (PD&DM)$912.9M
REED TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SERVICES LLC· Montgomery County, PA· Professional services· Jun 15, 2021 – Jul 24, 2026· 1333BJ21C00151002
MK21A RE-ENTRY VEHICLE -ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT (EMD) EARLY PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYMENT (P&D)$725M
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Montgomery County, PA· Research & development· Oct 27, 2023 – Apr 23, 2026· FA821924C0001
RE-ENTRY SYSTEM/RE-ENTRY VEHICLE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SERVICES$185.4M
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Montgomery County, PA· Professional services· Apr 17, 2019 – May 18, 2026· FA821419F0002

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $5.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: $6,093 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $5.3B; −4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,093; US $12,957
Loan face value: $10.8B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$4.1B77%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$322.8M6.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$270M5.0%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$238.3M4.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$74.1M1.4%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$47.2M0.9%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$46.3M0.9%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$34M0.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$63.5M1.2%
HARRISBURG, PA
MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$50.3M0.9%
NORRISTOWN, PA
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$10.6M0.2%
BLUE BELL, PA
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC$6.8M0.1%
KENNETT SQUARE, PA
TYLER HOUSE ASSOC 95 LP

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$4.8B90%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$278.9M5.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$63.9M1.2%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$50.3M0.9%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner

Assistance by fiscal year

4.5BFY2021
4.3BFY2022
4.8BFY2023
5.1BFY2024
5.6BFY2025
5.3BFY2026

County aggregates

95%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Montgomery County, Pennsylvania compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

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 County, Pennsylvania is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Montgomery County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD73Central county

Cities and towns in Montgomery County

Places whose residents live mostly in Montgomery County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
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FY2017	$737	$1,436
FY2018	$825	$1,552
FY2019	$801	$1,654
FY2020	$745	$1,880
FY2021	$1,647	$1,810
FY2022	$3,156	$1,917
FY2023	$5,921	$2,079
FY2024	$8,106	$2,047
FY2025	$9,714	$2,165
FY2026	$7,200 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$22.62	$93.28
FY2018	$45.65	$105
FY2019	$20.56	$128
FY2020	$29.20	$145
FY2021	$28.06	$117
FY2022	$38.17	$138
FY2023	$28.36	$159
FY2024	$13.59	$157
FY2025	$9.48	$149
FY2026	$11.96 (partial year)	$211
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$1,985	$5,748
FY2022	$3,278	$5,221
FY2023	$6,116	$5,364
FY2024	$8,342	$5,501
FY2025	$9,908	$5,732
FY2026	$7,333 (partial year)	$5,447

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$145	$298
FY2022	$47.62	$357
FY2023	$107	$301
FY2024	$108	$319
FY2025	$132	$360
FY2026	$72.85 (partial year)	$349

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$22.07	$2,304
FY2022	$7.88	$2,197
FY2023	$18.85	$2,274
FY2024	$17.21	$2,267
FY2025	$22.43	$2,397
FY2026	$20.26 (partial year)	$2,597

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$122	$239
FY2022	$114	$185
FY2023	$118	$229
FY2024	$148	$229
FY2025	$114	$249
FY2026	$121 (partial year)	$201

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$1,420	$1,186
FY2022	$474	$465
FY2023	$196	$76.52
FY2024	$179	$120
FY2025	$141	$148
FY2026	$111 (partial year)	$108

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	0.9%	2.0%
2015	1.1%	2.1%
2016	1.4%	1.7%
2017	1.8%	1.4%
2018	0.8%	1.6%
2019	1.8%	1.4%
2020	−6.7%	−6.1%
2021	3.9%	3.4%
2022	2.5%	4.3%
2023	0.3%	2.1%
2024	0.5%	1.2%
2025	−0.3%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.8%	+3.3%
2018	+4.9%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−7.3%	−5.5%
2015	−3.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.6%	+4.1%
2018	+4.2%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	2.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−5.4%	−6.9%
2015	−1.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.7%
2018	+7.1%	+7.5%

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	7.1%	15.5%
2015	6.6%	14.7%
2016	6.2%	14.0%
2017	5.8%	13.4%
2018	5.9%	13.1%
2019

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−5.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2015	−3.1% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.7% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.5%	13.5%
2015	5.3%	10.9%
2016	4.6%	10.0%
2017	4.7%	10.2%
2018	4.6%	10.4%
2019

Calendar years	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	8.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	10.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	11.0/1k	10.7/1k

Year −3	+7.5 points	+8.7 points	+8.1 points to +10.6 points
Year −2	+8.5 points	+8.0 points	+6.8 points to +10.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+10.6 points	+10.0 points	+8.4 points to +11.1 points
Year +1	+9.2 points	+10.8 points	+9.5 points to +13.5 points
Year +2	+7.0 points	+9.0 points	+7.1 points to +10.9 points

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−12.3%	−11.4%	−12.2% to −10.6%
Year −2	−9.6%	−8.3%	−10.0% to −6.7%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+3.7%	+2.6%	+1.4% to +3.5%
Year +1	+5.6%	+5.4%	+4.2% to +6.8%
Year +2	+7.3%	+8.3%	+7.1% to +9.9%

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−3.9 points	−4.0 points	−4.4 points to −3.6 points
Year −2	−3.9 points	−4.1 points	−4.5 points to −3.8 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−2.7 points	−2.7 points	−3.1 points to −2.3 points
Year +1	−4.0 points	−4.2 points	−4.6 points to −3.7 points
Year +2	−4.4 points	−4.7 points	−5.2 points to −4.3 points

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−11.0%	−10.8%	−13.4% to −9.2%
Year −2	−9.3%	−5.7%	−7.1% to −3.7%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+8.4%	+7.7%	+6.0% to +11.2%
Year +1	+10.0%	+11.0%	+8.4% to +12.7%
Year +2	+16.5%	+17.3%	+14.8% to +18.6%

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−9.2 points	−9.9 points	−11.3 points to −9.3 points
Year −2	+1.4 points	−0.3 points	−1.3 points to +1.6 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−2.2 points	−0.9 points	−2.0 points to −0.2 points
Year +1	−2.0 points	−2.1 points	−2.8 points to −0.5 points
Year +2	−2.8 points	−2.0 points	−3.0 points to −1.1 points

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+4.0 points	+3.9 points	+3.2 points to +4.7 points
Year −2	+1.3 points	+1.2 points	+0.9 points to +1.6 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.4 points	−0.4 points	−0.5 points to −0.3 points
Year +1	−0.2 points	−0.3 points	−0.4 points to −0.2 points
Year +2	+0.1 points	+0.1 points	0.0 points to +0.2 points

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−11.8%	−11.4%	−14.5% to −8.4%
Year −2	−3.8%	−5.2%	−8.3% to +0.8%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+0.0%	+0.8%	−2.7% to +3.1%
Year +1	+4.8%	+8.4%	+4.1% to +11.9%

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.0 points	−0.4 points	−0.8 points to +0.1 points
Year −2	+0.4 points	+0.4 points	0.0 points to +1.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.3 points	+0.6 points	+0.3 points to +1.1 points
Year +1	−0.4 points	+0.5 points	+0.2 points to +1.0 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined7

Counties like Montgomery County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Montgomery County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined7

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Money per resident

By type

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 14 similar counties

Compared with 8 similar counties

Compared with 12 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+3.6 points	+1.8 points	+0.2 points to +3.2 points
Year −2	+2.2 points	+1.7 points	+1.0 points to +2.4 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.2 points	−0.1 points	−0.8 points to +0.5 points
Year +1	−0.6 points	−0.6 points	−1.3 points to 0.0 points

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−3.4%	−4.0%	−4.9% to −3.1%
Year −2	−1.5%	−2.7%	−4.2% to −1.3%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+4.0%	+3.7%	+1.7% to +5.8%
Year +1	+6.9%	+6.3%	+3.9% to +8.5%

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.7 points	+1.6 points	+1.2 points to +2.1 points
Year −2	+0.4 points	+0.4 points	+0.3 points to +0.5 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.2 points	+0.1 points	+0.1 points to +0.2 points
Year +1	+0.5 points	+0.5 points	+0.4 points to +0.6 points

Year	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−6.9%	−7.8%	−9.2% to −6.4%
Year −2	−5.5%	−5.6%	−6.2% to −4.8%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+4.3%	+4.2%	+4.1% to +4.4%