Poverty Rate in Montgomery County, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
23.9%
Rank #2,942/3,222 · #125 in VA
9th
Montgomery 23.9%
VA 9.9% +142.0%
US 12.6% +90.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Montgomery County's poverty rate of 23.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Montgomery County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,939 | Summers County, WV | 23.8% |
| #2,940 | Jeff Davis County, TX | 23.9% |
| #2,941 | Pickett County, TN | 23.9% |
| #2,942 | Montgomery County, VA | 23.9% |
| #2,943 | Willacy County, TX | 24.0% |
| #2,944 | Worth County, GA | 24.0% |
| #2,945 | Charles Mix County, SD | 24.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Montgomery County, Virginia has a poverty rate of 23.9%, ranking #2,942 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 90.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Virginia, it ranks #125 of 133. This places it in the 9th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.