In Montgomery County, jobs in the electronic markets and agents and brokers pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the electronic markets and agents and brokers industry had the highest average wages in Montgomery County for 2006. The average industry job in Montgomery County received a wage of $69,338 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage in Iowa of $53,843 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $67,074.

Top-pay jobs in Montgomery County, Iowa may be found in architectural and engineering services ($48,952), professional and similar organizations ($43,040), employment services ($40,455) and offices of physicians ($39,291) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed Comparison

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Montgomery County Wages have increased by 25.7% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Montgomery County, Iowa by a total of 25.7%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Iowa and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Montgomery County Industry Wages Lag Behind Iowa, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Montgomery County, Iowa can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 16.8 percent lower than the with an state average of $32,587. The overall industry wage was less than the US average pay of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Montgomery County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Montgomery County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 43 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 34.1 percent of the total growth in Montgomery County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (43 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (25 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (15 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (12 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (9 new jobs)

Given the 23 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 12 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 11 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Montgomery County, Iowa, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 274 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Montgomery County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 29 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry make up 24.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Montgomery County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (29 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (20 jobs lost)
3. Health and personal care stores (19 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (14 jobs lost)
5. Personal care services (10 jobs lost)

Montgomery County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 100.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Montgomery County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Iowa, where it saw a gain of 12.2 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Montgomery County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 0.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (100.0 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (76.0 percent gain)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (43.1 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (35.7 percent gain)
5. Child day care services (35.2 percent gain)

Montgomery County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 55.4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Iowa, where the industry felt a loss of 4.6 percent. The losses in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry in Montgomery County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 4 percent in terms of employment in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (55.4 percent decline)
2. Personal care services (49.2 percent decline)
3. Health and personal care stores (46.7 percent decline)
4. Residential building construction (36.5 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (24.7 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 6.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Iowa, which saw a gain of 2.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Montgomery County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has decreased by 4.9 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Iowa, experiencing a gain of 1.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Montgomery County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 73.4 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Iowa, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 2.8 percent. The losses in the Lessors of real estate industry in Montgomery County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 0.2 in percent of workers in the Lessors of real estate industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (73.4 percent decline)
2. Personal care services (38.5 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (37.3 percent decline)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (20 percent decline)
5. Residential building construction (19.5 percent decline)

Montgomery County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 65.2 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Montgomery County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Iowa, where this industry saw a gain of 6.4 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Montgomery County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 3.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (65.2 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (46.1 percent gain)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (30.6 percent gain)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (21.1 percent gain)
5. Gasoline stations (8.9 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Montgomery County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 33 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 33.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Montgomery County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (33 jobs lost)
2. Lessors of real estate (19 jobs lost)
3. Nursing care facilities (12 jobs lost)
4. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (8 jobs lost)
5. Personal care services (7 jobs lost)

Of the 28 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 20 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 8 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Montgomery County, Iowa, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 204 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Montgomery County

The Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 58 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 69.5 percent of the total growth in Montgomery County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (58 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (8 new jobs)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (5 new jobs)
4. Specialized freight trucking (5 new jobs)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (4 new jobs)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Montgomery County, Iowa

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Montgomery County was reported to have a medium-low median household income of $38,860 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 18.8 percent lower than the median in State of Iowa of $46,179 and the median is 26.4 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Montgomery County, Iowa may be understood as having a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.1 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The White race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 9.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Montgomery County, reporting 18.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

In Montgomery County, Iowa White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $38,931 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic households in Montgomery County, Iowa recorded a median income of $38,291, this median is 1.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $69,712. This household income level is 79.4 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Montgomery County, Iowa

In Montgomery County, Iowa as reported in the 2000 Census, 13 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 27.2 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Montgomery County, Iowa, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.4 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Montgomery on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 13.6 percent (Men) versus 12.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 41 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Montgomery County, Iowa can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 12.8 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Montgomery counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Iowa's proportion of 21.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Montgomery County, Iowa

From 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to Montgomery from another country. The international migration into Montgomery accounts for 0.1 percent of all immigration into Iowa. This amount of international migration is medium-low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Montgomery County, Iowa to be 43.2 years of age. The median in Montgomery is greater than the median in Iowa of 38.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 40.5 years old. With 22.5 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Montgomery can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 58.4 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 19 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Montgomery County, Iowa had a population that was estimated at 11,313 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 11,789. The decline signifies a decrease of -4 percent. Montgomery ranks 80 of 99 counties when analyzing total population change in Iowa and the county ranks 2,730 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

Montgomery County, Iowa has a population that is made up of 96.5 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 2.4 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity, with 2.9 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Iowa percent of 7.3. Since 2000, Montgomery has increased the percent of minority population when 1.7 percent of the population were minorities.

In terms of total land area, Montgomery spans a total of 424 total square miles. The area has a low population density of 27 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Saunders, NE (27 per sq. mile ), Hamilton, FL (27 per sq. mile ), Gage, NE (27 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Crawford, MI (27 per sq. mile ), Missaukee, MI (27 per sq. mile ), Jasper, MS (27 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Montgomery County, Iowa

In the State of Iowa, Montgomery County places 98 of 99 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 3,077 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Montgomery County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $55,900, according to the Decennial Census. This value is less than the State of Iowa 2000 home value of $82,500 and less than home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

There is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Montgomery County, Iowa. In 2000, 93 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

In Montgomery County, the census reported 5,392 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a decline in housing units, losing a total of -6 homes since 2001, or -0.1 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Montgomery County, Iowa -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Montgomery County, Information, Manufacturing and Wholesale trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Information industry has an LQ of 3.89. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Information sector is 3.89 times greater than the national average, signifying that Montgomery County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Information.

Real estate and rental and leasing saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Montgomery County, with an industry growth of 53.7 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.3 percent. The State of Iowa saw a change in employment in the sector of 0.9 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

In Montgomery County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Information industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 23.1 percent of the total county employment. This totals 953 employees. The Retail Trade and Information sectors account for 13.4 and 10.8 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Information since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Montgomery County. The sector dealt with a loss of 184 employees during the period, or 29.3 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 51.1 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

Montgomery is the County that is ranked 59 of 99 Counties in the State of Iowa in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 57 of 99 Counties.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Montgomery County. The industry averages 73 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the Iowa average establishment size of 54 for the Manufacturing industry.





Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).