Edmore vs Howard City

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

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

Howard City has the higher population (1,683 vs 1,417 in Edmore). Edmore has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $52,663 in Howard City). Howard City has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $86,800 in Edmore).

Population, income & housing

	Edmore	Howard City
Population	1,417	1,683
Median age	42.3 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$52,663
Median home value	$86,800	$143,800
Median gross rent	$567	$708
Housing units	558	754
Homeownership rate	75.1%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edmore	Howard City
Population	1,273 → 1,417 (+11.3%)	1,589 → 1,683 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $53,750 (+68.6%)	$41,346 → $52,663 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $86,800 (+3.2%)	$81,000 → $143,800 (+77.5%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $567 (-4.9%)	$669 → $708 (+5.8%)

Edmore

Population

1,2731,417

Median household income

$31,875$53,750

Median home value

$84,100$86,800

Median gross rent

$596$567

Howard City

Population

1,5891,683

Median household income

$41,346$52,663

Median home value

$81,000$143,800

Median gross rent

$669$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edmore	Howard City
Under 5	8.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	23.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.5%
75 and over	7.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edmore	Howard City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edmore	Howard City
No high school diploma	14.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	43.2%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edmore	Howard City
Drove alone	72.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edmore	Howard City
1-unit, detached	60.8%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	2.8%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Edmore	Howard City
Poverty rate	32.0%	19.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1961	1985