Montgomery is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,760 people and three associated neighborhoods, Montgomery is the 396th largest community in New York.Unlike some villages 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 village of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montgomery who work in office and administrative support (12.74%), sales jobs (11.93%), and management occupations (7.86%). 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: 9.67% 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. 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. Despite being a small village, Montgomery has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.In terms of college education, Montgomery is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.81% of adults in Montgomery have a college degree. The per capita income in Montgomery in 2022 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.
