26,364 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.5% since 2020)
492 square miles of land · 54 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
10 active community water systems list Montgomery County in the area they serve, reporting 29,606 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · NC0362010 | 15,362 served |
| TROY, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0362020 | 3,591 served |
| BADIN SHORES RESORT buys surface water · private · NC0362120 | 2,743 served |
| BISCOE, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0362035 | 2,735 served |
| MOUNT GILEAD, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0362015 | 1,463 served |
| WOODRUN S/D buys surface water · private · NC0362107 | 1,216 served |
| STAR, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0362025 | 933 served |
| CANDOR, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0362030 | 875 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 74 people were held in Montgomery County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 468 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 98.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Montgomery County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $53.1 million — $50.2 million to run schools, about $13,693 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.3 million local (mostly property tax), $29.7 million state, $13.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Montgomery County about $11.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
151 bridges in Montgomery County: 85 in good condition, 65 fair, and 1 poor (0.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SR1214 over CREEK · built 1994 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $8.3 million of work in Montgomery County in fiscal 2025, about $323 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-09. Early voting: 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-20. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: NC State Board of Elections: upcoming election · NC State Board of Elections: vote in person · NC State Board of Elections: voter ID
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Nearby counties: Stanly County (19 mi) · Moore County (24 mi) · Richmond County (24 mi) · Anson County (27 mi) · Randolph County (27 mi) · Davidson County (36 mi).