Fowlerville vs Howell

A side-by-side comparison of Fowlerville and Howell: population, income, housing, and more.

Fowlerville and Howell are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howell has the higher population (10,074 vs 2,950 in Fowlerville). Howell has the higher median household income ($57,122 vs $43,155 in Fowlerville). Howell has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $189,000 in Fowlerville).

Population, income & housing

	Fowlerville	Howell
Population	2,950	10,074
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,155	$57,122
Median home value	$189,000	$240,700
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,121
Housing units	1,337	5,099
Homeownership rate	62.3%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowlerville	Howell
Population	2,881 → 2,950 (+2.4%)	9,580 → 10,074 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $43,155 (-13.0%)	$46,341 → $57,122 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$128,500 → $189,000 (+47.1%)	$171,100 → $240,700 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,008 (+35.1%)	$915 → $1,121 (+22.5%)

Fowlerville

Population

2,8812,950

Median household income

$49,583$43,155

Median home value

$128,500$189,000

Median gross rent

$746$1,008

Howell

Population

9,58010,074

Median household income

$46,341$57,122

Median home value

$171,100$240,700

Median gross rent

$915$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fowlerville	Howell
Under 5	6.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	11.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	13.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.9%
75 and over	10.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowlerville	Howell
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowlerville	Howell
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowlerville	Howell
Drove alone	79.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	9.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowlerville	Howell
1-unit, detached	56.2%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	31.1%
20 or more units	5.6%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Fowlerville	Howell
Poverty rate	15.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.35	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1974	1979