CaÃ±on City vs Howard

A side-by-side comparison of CaÃ±on City and Howard: population, income, housing, and more.

CaÃ±on City and Howard are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

CaÃ±on City has the higher population (17,098 vs 1,159 in Howard). CaÃ±on City has the higher median household income ($66,068 vs $57,664 in Howard). Howard has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $275,300 in CaÃ±on City).

Population, income & housing

	CaÃ±on City	Howard
Population	17,098	1,159
Median age	46.0 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,068	$57,664
Median home value	$275,300	$386,500
Median gross rent	$931	$488
Housing units	7,836	688
Homeownership rate	70.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	CaÃ±on City	Howard
Population	16,532 → 17,098 (+3.4%)	906 → 1,159 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$46,494 → $66,068 (+42.1%)	$77,981 → $57,664 (-26.1%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $275,300 (+71.2%)	$286,400 → $386,500 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $931 (+16.4%)	$1,069 → $488 (-54.3%)

CaÃ±on City

Population

16,53217,098

Median household income

$46,494$66,068

Median home value

$160,800$275,300

Median gross rent

$800$931

Howard

Population

9061,159

Median household income

$77,981$57,664

Median home value

$286,400$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,069$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	CaÃ±on City	Howard
Under 5	4.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	18.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	25.7%
75 and over	12.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	CaÃ±on City	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	83.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	CaÃ±on City	Howard
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.8%
High school graduate	37.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	CaÃ±on City	Howard
Drove alone	76.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	CaÃ±on City	Howard
1-unit, detached	70.8%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	CaÃ±on City	Howard
Poverty rate	13.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1974	1977