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Montgomery, NY
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Montgomery profile


Living in Montgomery



Montgomery is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,761 people and three associated neighborhoods, Montgomery is the 396th largest community in New York.

Also of interest is that Montgomery has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Montgomery telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.67% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Montgomery’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

One downside of living in Montgomery is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Montgomery, the average commute to work is 31.60 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

In Montgomery, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Montgomery is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Montgomery citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.81% of adults in Montgomery have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Montgomery in 2018 was $39,378, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,512 for a family of four. However, Montgomery contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Montgomery is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Montgomery home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montgomery residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Montgomery also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.36% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Montgomery include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Montgomery is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.