Howard vs Penrose

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

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

Penrose has the higher population (3,978 vs 1,159 in Howard). Penrose has the higher median household income ($75,109 vs $57,664 in Howard). Howard has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $276,100 in Penrose).

Population, income & housing

	Howard	Penrose
Population	1,159	3,978
Median age	46.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,664	$75,109
Median home value	$386,500	$276,100
Median gross rent	$488	—
Housing units	688	1,541
Homeownership rate	79.5%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard	Penrose
Population	906 → 1,159 (+27.9%)	3,034 → 3,978 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$77,981 → $57,664 (-26.1%)	$66,481 → $75,109 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$286,400 → $386,500 (+35.0%)	$195,000 → $276,100 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $488 (-54.3%)	$1,070 → $1,218 (+13.8%)

Howard

Population

9061,159

Median household income

$77,981$57,664

Median home value

$286,400$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,069$488

Penrose

Population

3,0343,978

Median household income

$66,481$75,109

Median home value

$195,000$276,100

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,218

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard	Penrose
Under 5	1.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	18.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	25.7%	11.0%
75 and over	7.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard	Penrose
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard	Penrose
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	42.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard	Penrose
Drove alone	79.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard	Penrose
1-unit, detached	91.7%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Howard	Penrose
Poverty rate	4.9%	12.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1977	1985