The population of Montgomery county is estimated at 29,079. In 2017 there were 315 births and 378 deaths in Montgomery county. Montgomery county has 5,054 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,051 that are owned free and clear and 2,547 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Montgomery County filed 12,490 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Illinois filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Montgomery had a combined total federal tax liability of $90,743,000 on earned income of $657,523,000. Other notable statistics from Montgomery County were 700 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,924,000 and 1,400 charitable contributions valued at $6,425,000. 1,750 filings from Montgomery County paid a combined total of $6,085,000 in property taxes and 1,270 filings paid $6,554,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Montgomery county had 78 religious congregations with an estimated 13,945 members.
14.4% of the Montgomery population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Montgomery County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 709 votes.
At $51,206 the median income is 81.2% of the Illinois average. An estimated 668 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Montgomery, the equivalant of around 5.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Montgomery County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,518	Retail trade
875	Accommodation and food services
776	Food services and drinking places
753	Restaurants and other eating places
679	Manufacturing
429	Other general merchandise stores
429	General merchandise stores
392	Limited-service restaurants
389	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
388	Ambulatory health care services
314	Wholesale trade
285	Gasoline stations
284	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
275	Commercial banking
241	Gasoline stations with convenience stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.80% in Montgomery County.

In 2018 9.46% of listings in Montgomery County.

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