Grenola vs Howard

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

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

Howard has the higher population (553 vs 149 in Grenola). Both have a median household income of $53,125. Howard has the higher median home value ($53,400 vs $45,000 in Grenola).

Population, income & housing

	Grenola	Howard
Population	149	553
Median age	60.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$53,125
Median home value	$45,000	$53,400
Median gross rent	$942	$447
Housing units	94	383
Homeownership rate	86.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grenola	Howard
Population	170 → 149 (-12.4%)	602 → 553 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $53,125 (+21.4%)	$34,191 → $53,125 (+55.4%)
Median home value	$40,600 → $45,000 (+10.8%)	$51,400 → $53,400 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $942 (+73.2%)	$379 → $447 (+17.9%)

Grenola

Population

170149

Median household income

$43,750$53,125

Median home value

$40,600$45,000

Median gross rent

$544$942

Howard

Population

602553

Median household income

$34,191$53,125

Median home value

$51,400$53,400

Median gross rent

$379$447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grenola	Howard
Under 5	2.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	2.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	4.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	17.4%	10.8%
75 and over	21.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grenola	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grenola	Howard
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grenola	Howard
Drove alone	76.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	5.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grenola	Howard
1-unit, detached	86.2%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Grenola	Howard
Poverty rate	15.4%	23.2%
Average household size	2.29	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1938	1960