Howard vs Moline

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

Howard and Moline 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 375 in Moline). Howard has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $33,125 in Moline). Howard has the higher median home value ($53,400 vs $28,300 in Moline).

Population, income & housing

	Howard	Moline
Population	553	375
Median age	38.2 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$33,125
Median home value	$53,400	$28,300
Median gross rent	$447	$625
Housing units	383	215
Homeownership rate	72.4%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard	Moline
Population	602 → 553 (-8.1%)	399 → 375 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$34,191 → $53,125 (+55.4%)	$28,839 → $33,125 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $53,400 (+3.9%)	$32,500 → $28,300 (-12.9%)
Median gross rent	$379 → $447 (+17.9%)	$710 → $625 (-12.0%)

Howard

Population

602553

Median household income

$34,191$53,125

Median home value

$51,400$53,400

Median gross rent

$379$447

Moline

Population

399375

Median household income

$28,839$33,125

Median home value

$32,500$28,300

Median gross rent

$710$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard	Moline
Under 5	4.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	11.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.5%	2.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	29.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.0%
75 and over	13.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard	Moline
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard	Moline
No high school diploma	6.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	45.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard	Moline
Drove alone	76.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	18.8%
Other means	0.8%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard	Moline
1-unit, detached	74.7%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Howard	Moline
Poverty rate	23.2%	26.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1960	1938