| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 472 / 704 / 743 / 910 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:54:17 PM |
| Population: | 23,655 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 37123 |
| Land Area: | 527 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 5 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 35.3554, -79.8388 |
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23,655 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 527 sq mi, served by 6 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 26,077 to 23,613 from 2014 to 2024 — a -9.4% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 27371 (Troy, $63,516 median) and poorest ZIP 27209 (Biscoe, $45,861) are 12.2 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $128,800 in 27229 (Candor) to $171,800 in 27306 (Mount Gilead).
Density varies 3× across the county — from 29 people/sq mi in 27306 (Mount Gilead) to 85 in 27209 (Biscoe).
Educational attainment ranges from 7.0% bachelor's+ in 27229 (Candor) to 24.9% in 27371 (Troy) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Carolina, this is the #74 most populous of 100 counties and ranks #76 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $56,426 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
19.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (3,251 of 16,839 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Montgomery County lost 9.3% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: