Howard City vs Stanton

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

Howard City and Stanton 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 1,292 in Stanton). Howard City has the higher median household income ($52,663 vs $45,714 in Stanton). Howard City has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $89,000 in Stanton).

Population, income & housing

	Howard City	Stanton
Population	1,683	1,292
Median age	32.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,663	$45,714
Median home value	$143,800	$89,000
Median gross rent	$708	$697
Housing units	754	538
Homeownership rate	73.6%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard City	Stanton
Population	1,589 → 1,683 (+5.9%)	1,355 → 1,292 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$41,346 → $52,663 (+27.4%)	$37,824 → $45,714 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $143,800 (+77.5%)	$81,600 → $89,000 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $708 (+5.8%)	$610 → $697 (+14.3%)

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

Stanton

Population

1,3551,292

Median household income

$37,824$45,714

Median home value

$81,600$89,000

Median gross rent

$610$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard City	Stanton
Under 5	8.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	23.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.1%
75 and over	4.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard City	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard City	Stanton
No high school diploma	11.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	48.8%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard City	Stanton
Drove alone	78.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	12.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard City	Stanton
1-unit, detached	61.5%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	4.5%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Howard City	Stanton
Poverty rate	19.9%	30.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1985	1971