Greenville vs Howard City

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (8,897 vs 1,683 in Howard City). Greenville has the higher median household income ($55,477 vs $52,663 in Howard City). Greenville has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $143,800 in Howard City).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Howard City
Population	8,897	1,683
Median age	37.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,477	$52,663
Median home value	$160,600	$143,800
Median gross rent	$899	$708
Housing units	3,838	754
Homeownership rate	60.1%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Howard City
Population	8,396 → 8,897 (+6.0%)	1,589 → 1,683 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$35,536 → $55,477 (+56.1%)	$41,346 → $52,663 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $160,600 (+58.1%)	$81,000 → $143,800 (+77.5%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $899 (+34.6%)	$669 → $708 (+5.8%)

Greenville

Population

8,3968,897

Median household income

$35,536$55,477

Median home value

$101,600$160,600

Median gross rent

$668$899

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)

	Greenville	Howard City
Under 5	7.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	23.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.5%
75 and over	9.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Howard City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Howard City
No high school diploma	13.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Howard City
Drove alone	87.8%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.7%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Howard City
1-unit, detached	55.6%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	9.8%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Howard City
Poverty rate	11.5%	19.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1966	1985