Montgomery is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,553 people and two associated neighborhoods, Montgomery is the 709th largest community in Pennsylvania. Montgomery has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Montgomery is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Montgomery is a borough of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montgomery who work in office and administrative support (12.93%), management occupations (10.20%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.67%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.30% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Overall, Montgomery’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. Being a small borough, Montgomery does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Montgomery are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.00% of adults in Montgomery have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Montgomery in 2022 was $26,193, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,772 for a family of four. However, Montgomery contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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. Important ancestries of people in Montgomery include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Montgomery is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
