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Some 34,110 people live in this town, in Maryland.
Montgomery Village’s standout strength is walkability (A+) — it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Add health to its strengths: it is healthier than 79% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $383K for a typical one, 3 times the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. The overall grade lands at A, 53rd of 259 in Maryland. Set against the rest, it does better than 90% of U.S. towns. Only 25 of Maryland’s 329 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is South Valley Park, at 28 acres. The town’s midpoint rent is $1,916 a month, above both Maryland’s towns ($1,809 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where Montgomery Village beats most towns.
Where Montgomery Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Montgomery Village is from typical.
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Census counts: 18,725 in 1980, 34,893 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1966 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Montgomery Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw22 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw23 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw22 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw23 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw22 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M visitors a yearWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
Montgomery Village is unincorporated, so Montgomery County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Montgomery Village.
Count the trails in 5 parks and preserves and they come to 4.0 miles. In Montgomery Village, the density of trails is 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. South Valley Park | — | 28 |
| 2. Apple Ridge Recreation Area | 0.1 mi | 7 |
| 3. Lake Whetstone Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools: the Montgomery County Public Schools. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. 5 public schools serve Montgomery Village, with 3,463 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Village MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 780 | C |
| The Learning Comm. International PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 91 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
One declared disaster, in 2003, has brought federal aid to Montgomery Village households. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 54% come from inland flooding and 11% from heat waves. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 2009: 6.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Montgomery Village: 14% of adults binge drink. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Montgomery Village is ahead of Maryland on 8 and behind on 7. Among adults locally, 75% had a checkup this year and 18% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Montgomery Village | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 8% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 79% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| What stands out | Montgomery Village | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 19.8% | 25.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 13.6% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The top destinations are Rockville (11%), Gaithersburg (9%) and Washington (8%). Commuting out is the norm in Montgomery Village: 2% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 879, to 4,604. The share of residents in Montgomery Village who live below the poverty line: 13%.
| Montgomery Village | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 18% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 25° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Montgomery Village grades A overall with a typical home of about $383K, below the Maryland typical value; only 13 of the 54 Maryland towns graded A− or better can say that. At 3 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home (about $383K) costs less against local pay than in 81% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Home values are down 1.9% over the year to September 2026. Homes sold in Montgomery Village spent a median 34 days on the market. Also worth knowing: just over two thirds of households live in a home they own locally.
| Montgomery Village | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,916 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 68% | 74% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
43% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across Maryland. Age groups here sit within 4 points of the Maryland average. Among residents in Montgomery Village, 14% are 65 or older.
| Montgomery Village | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 42% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.6 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1 point. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women. Median age: women 39.5, men 35.5.
| Montgomery Village | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.7% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.3% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.9% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.3% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.6% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.3% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.3% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.7% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.1% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
3 within 15 miles of the center of Montgomery Village
About 7 of every 100 Montgomery Village residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Montgomery Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, and a northern suburb of Washington, D.C. It is a large, planned suburban community, developed in the late 1960s and 1970s just outside Gaithersburg's city limits. Montgomery Village's population was 34,893 at the time of the 2020 U.S. census, and it is a part of the Washington metropolitan area.
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2 towns share a border with Montgomery Village.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Village | #53 | A | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Flower Hill | #58 | A | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Gaithersburg | #91 | A− | C− | C+ | B+ | A |
Montgomery Village and Flower Hill report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Montgomery Village with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Montgomery Village grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #53 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
