Considering Montgomery

197,282

Population

Sunny Days: 211

100100 Affordability

79100 Schools

70100 Diversity

70100 Safety

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LookyLOO Review of Montgomery

Warm Weather Doesn't Suck

With summer highs usually hovering around the high 80s and winter highs in the 50s, you’re bound to find at least a few good days to get outside every week of the year. From outdoor concerts to family trips to the zoo to hiking and biking down the miles and miles of park trails, you’ll never run out of ways to enjoy the pleasant weather in Montgomery!

If you can afford to send your kids to private schools, you’ll probably be fine, but for the rest of the city, maybe not so much. The public schools are known for being subpar, even with major efforts underway to improve performance.

Lifestyle

Somewhat Suburban

Growth in population in Montgomery in recent years has been in areas away from downtown, just outside the city limits. If you’re looking to move to the Montgomery area, newbies will recommend looking in areas like Millbrook, Prattville, and Pike Road just outside the city, where public schools get higher ratings, crime rates are lower, and you’re close enough to experience the great outdoors and downtown nightlife. Housing prices in most of these suburban hotspots are still below the national average, and you’re gonna want a car no matter where you live due to sprawl, so commuting in doesn’t make a huge difference.

We highly recommend visiting Montgomery and staying in the community in a VRBO rather than a hotel to get a feel for what it's like to live among the locals. You can receive discounted fares on travel via our partnership with Expedia as well.

Why You Should Move Here Now?

Growth

That growth in the area is no accident. Some smaller universities in the area provide a solid job base and larger employers like Hyundai, Maxwell Air Force Base and Koch Foods have helped drive growth as well. With low cost of living, job opportunities, great weather, and a ton of things to do, now is a great time to take a look at Montgomery.

Reviews of Montgomery from Locals

If you can afford to send your kids to private schools, you’ll probably be fine, but for the rest of the city, maybe not so much. The public schools are known for being subpar.

talesbybob
7mo ago
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Metro Area
I am from an even smaller town originally, and have moved to Montgomery three times, and from it four times (I live just north, in Millbrook now). I would happily move back if the right opportunity arose. And here's the thing: it's fine. It has its upsides, it has its downsides. They are the same as some places, different from others. What it comes down to are the people. If you find some good friends, its a great place, same as pretty much any other place.

It's fine. Folks are gonna tell you crime is out of control. I haven't really seen that. They'll tell you the schools are trash. But at the same time the magnet schools are some of the best in the nation. There's food, there's shopping, there are things to do. As much as a bigger city? Nope. But that's to be expected.

Growing up in a super small town, the thought of living in a place like Atlanta makes my skin crawl. It's too big. Bham is about as large as I could see myself living in, but only barely. Montgomery is a good size for me. Big enough to have most of what I want, and centrally located enough that I can drive to most anything I would want to do in half a day, in most any direction.