Howe vs Wolcottville

A side-by-side comparison of Howe and Wolcottville: population, income, housing, and more.

Howe and Wolcottville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wolcottville has the higher population (1,126 vs 887 in Howe). Wolcottville has the higher median household income ($54,583 vs $51,603 in Howe). Howe has the higher median home value ($140,900 vs $98,300 in Wolcottville).

Population, income & housing

	Howe	Wolcottville
Population	887	1,126
Median age	33.8 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,603	$54,583
Median home value	$140,900	$98,300
Median gross rent	—	$819
Housing units	378	434
Homeownership rate	80.4%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howe	Wolcottville
Population	270 → 887 (+228.5%)	974 → 1,126 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$29,786 → $51,603 (+73.2%)	$48,516 → $54,583 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $140,900 (+19.7%)	$76,000 → $98,300 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$739 → $819 (+10.8%)

Howe

Population

270887

Median household income

$29,786$51,603

Median home value

$117,700$140,900

Wolcottville

Population

9741,126

Median household income

$48,516$54,583

Median home value

$76,000$98,300

Median gross rent

$739$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howe	Wolcottville
Under 5	12.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	6.2%	25.1%
18 to 24	22.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	2.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	21.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	2.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	17.8%	8.7%
75 and over	3.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howe	Wolcottville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howe	Wolcottville
No high school diploma	0.0%	27.7%
High school graduate	15.1%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	53.1%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howe	Wolcottville
Drove alone	81.9%	62.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	35.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howe	Wolcottville
1-unit, detached	75.1%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Howe	Wolcottville
Poverty rate	2.9%	17.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1978	1965