Howard vs Park Center

A side-by-side comparison of Howard and Park Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park Center has the higher population (2,544 vs 1,159 in Howard). Park Center has the higher median household income ($68,882 vs $57,664 in Howard). Howard has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $337,800 in Park Center).

Population, income & housing

	Howard	Park Center
Population	1,159	2,544
Median age	46.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,664	$68,882
Median home value	$386,500	$337,800
Median gross rent	$488	$1,242
Housing units	688	1,105
Homeownership rate	79.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard	Park Center
Population	906 → 1,159 (+27.9%)	2,397 → 2,544 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$77,981 → $57,664 (-26.1%)	$64,840 → $68,882 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$286,400 → $386,500 (+35.0%)	$239,300 → $337,800 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $488 (-54.3%)	$1,023 → $1,242 (+21.4%)

Howard

Population

9061,159

Median household income

$77,981$57,664

Median home value

$286,400$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,069$488

Park Center

Population

2,3972,544

Median household income

$64,840$68,882

Median home value

$239,300$337,800

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,242

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard	Park Center
Under 5	1.4%	10.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	25.7%	13.9%
75 and over	7.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard	Park Center
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	4.1%
Two or more races	7.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard	Park Center
No high school diploma	0.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	42.6%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard	Park Center
Drove alone	79.2%	68.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	26.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard	Park Center
1-unit, detached	91.7%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Howard	Park Center
Poverty rate	4.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1977	1987