Canalou vs Howardville

A side-by-side comparison of Canalou and Howardville: population, income, housing, and more.

Canalou and Howardville are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howardville has the higher population (162 vs 146 in Canalou). Howardville has the higher median home value ($56,500 vs $38,900 in Canalou). Since 2019, Canalou's population has grown faster (-32.7% vs -40.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Canalou	Howardville
Population	146	162
Median age	48.6 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$13,889
Median home value	$38,900	$56,500
Median gross rent	—	$322
Housing units	93	107
Homeownership rate	80.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canalou	Howardville
Population	217 → 146 (-32.7%)	270 → 162 (-40.0%)
Median household income	$36,429 → $57,813 (+58.7%)	$30,547 → $13,889 (-54.5%)
Median home value	$29,400 → $38,900 (+32.3%)	$45,000 → $56,500 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$655 → $322 (-50.8%)

Canalou

Population

217146

Median household income

$36,429$57,813

Median home value

$29,400$38,900

Howardville

Population

270162

Median household income

$30,547$13,889

Median home value

$45,000$56,500

Median gross rent

$655$322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canalou	Howardville
Under 5	3.4%	19.1%
5 to 17	8.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	5.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	17.9%
45 to 54	41.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	6.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.6%
75 and over	3.4%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canalou	Howardville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	3.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	75.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	19.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canalou	Howardville
No high school diploma	16.9%	18.2%
High school graduate	68.6%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	6.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canalou	Howardville
Drove alone	85.5%	74.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	25.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canalou	Howardville
1-unit, detached	66.7%	43.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	44.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Canalou	Howardville
Poverty rate	15.1%	46.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	14
Median year structure built	1976	1981