Howell vs Pinckney

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

Howell and Pinckney 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 1,920 in Pinckney). Pinckney has the higher median household income ($92,159 vs $57,122 in Howell). Pinckney has the higher median home value ($251,700 vs $240,700 in Howell).

Population, income & housing

	Howell	Pinckney
Population	10,074	1,920
Median age	38.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,122	$92,159
Median home value	$240,700	$251,700
Median gross rent	$1,121	$995
Housing units	5,099	911
Homeownership rate	50.2%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howell	Pinckney
Population	9,580 → 10,074 (+5.2%)	2,317 → 1,920 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$46,341 → $57,122 (+23.3%)	$77,281 → $92,159 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$171,100 → $240,700 (+40.7%)	$178,100 → $251,700 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,121 (+22.5%)	$699 → $995 (+42.3%)

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

Pinckney

Population

2,3171,920

Median household income

$77,281$92,159

Median home value

$178,100$251,700

Median gross rent

$699$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howell	Pinckney
Under 5	3.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	11.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	17.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.8%
75 and over	8.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howell	Pinckney
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	85.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.8%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howell	Pinckney
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	30.1%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howell	Pinckney
Drove alone	81.4%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.9%	14.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howell	Pinckney
1-unit, detached	38.3%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	31.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	8.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Howell	Pinckney
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1979	1992