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.Montgomery is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. 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. In Montgomery, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.60 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. 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 overall 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, and the average American community has 21.84%. 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.
