Demographics of Montague town, Massachusetts

Montague town, Massachusetts had 8,377 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −191 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Montague town, in four figures

8,377
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 8,482 ±24.; −2.2%
Change since July 2020: −191 people.; 44.3 ±3.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $70,510 ±$11,958
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a town, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Montague town, Massachusetts's population shrank 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Montague town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Montague town, Massachusetts's population shrank 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Montague town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	8,568	100.0	100.0
2021	8,491	99.1	100.2
2022	8,472	98.9	100.7
2023	8,432	98.4	101.6
2024	8,414	98.2	102.5
2025	8,377	97.8	103.1

Population of Montague town, Massachusetts on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	8,568	—
2021	8,491	−77
2022	8,472	−19
2023	8,432	−40
2024	8,414	−18
2025	8,377	−37

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.3 ±3.1: for men 44.7 ±4.1 and for women 44.2 ±3.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Montague town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under 5	476 ±126	5.6% ±1.5	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,134 ±200	13.4% ±2.4	14.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	390 ±135	4.6% ±1.6	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,308 ±303	27.2% ±3.6	27.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,178 ±293	25.7% ±3.5	25.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,996 ±268	23.5% ±3.2	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $70,510 ±$11,958, and income per person $37,992 ±$2,740, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,960 ±$527 in Massachusetts and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Montague town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under $25,000	715 ±182	18.9% ±4.6	13.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	724 ±185	19.1% ±4.7	12.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	564 ±142	14.9% ±3.6	12.0% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	541 ±132	14.3% ±3.3	10.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	711 ±182	18.7% ±4.6	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	349 ±111	9.2% ±2.9	11.9% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	189 ±78	5.0% ±2.0	22.3% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Montague town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Massachusetts	United States
All ages	958 ±258	11.5% ±3.1	10.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	285 ±122	17.9% ±7.1	11.7% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	433 ±149	10.1% ±3.4	9.3% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	240 ±97	9.6% ±3.7	10.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Montague town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Montague town	Massachusetts	United States
Housing units	4,015 ±282	3,030,406 ±453	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.5% ±9.3	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	2.6% to 8.4%	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	62.7% ±3.8	62.5% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	37.3% ±5.6	37.5% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$282,100 ±$17,425	$562,100 ±$2,169	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,207 ±$115	$1,762 ±$9	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1951 ±8	1964 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Montague town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Hispanic or Latino	471 ±209	5.6% ±2.5	13.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	7,393 ±306	87.2% ±3.6	66.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	22 to 112	0.3% to 1.3%	6.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	40 to 218	0.5% to 2.6%	7.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 100	< 0.1% to 1.2%	1.2% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	372 ±142	4.4% ±1.7	5.1% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Montague town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Born in the state	6,059 ±335	71.4% ±3.9	58.7% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,913 ±325	22.6% ±3.8	20.3% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	51 to 217	0.6% to 2.6%	2.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	376 ±150	4.4% ±1.8	18.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	211 ±100	2.5% ±1.2	9.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	62 to 268	0.7% to 3.2%	8.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Montague town among the places and towns of Massachusetts

206th of 291 places and towns of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Massachusetts page.

Places of Massachusetts near Montague town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Townsend town	9,100 ±19
Millis town	8,888 ±24
Athol CDP	8,801 ±568
Ayer town	8,645 ±27
Lancaster town	8,606 ±19
Montague town	8,482 ±24
Georgetown town	8,474 ±29
Cohasset town	8,427 ±19
Westminster town	8,374 ±19
Templeton town	8,252 ±19
Boxford town	8,208 ±17

Rankings this appears in

No. 14 Places in Massachusetts by poverty rate
No. 31 Places in Massachusetts by median age
No. 40 Places in Massachusetts by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 151 Places in Massachusetts by foreign-born share
No. 162 Places in Massachusetts by median rent
No. 197 Places in Massachusetts by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026