Catron vs Howardville

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

Catron 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 52 in Catron). Catron has the higher median household income ($41,042 vs $13,889 in Howardville). Since 2019, Catron's population has grown faster (+36.8% vs -40.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Catron	Howardville
Population	52	162
Median age	49.3 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$13,889
Median home value	—	$56,500
Median gross rent	—	$322
Housing units	36	107
Homeownership rate	79.3%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catron	Howardville
Population	38 → 52 (+36.8%)	270 → 162 (-40.0%)
Median household income	$23,750 → $41,042 (+72.8%)	$30,547 → $13,889 (-54.5%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $19,000 (+90.0%)	$45,000 → $56,500 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$655 → $322 (-50.8%)

Catron

Population

3852

Median household income

$23,750$41,042

Median home value

$9,999$19,000

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)

	Catron	Howardville
Under 5	0.0%	19.1%
5 to 17	25.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	1.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	3.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	17.9%
45 to 54	5.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	6.2%
65 to 74	21.2%	8.6%
75 and over	11.5%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catron	Howardville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	3.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	0.0%	19.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catron	Howardville
No high school diploma	21.1%	18.2%
High school graduate	47.4%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catron	Howardville
Drove alone	90.5%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	25.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catron	Howardville
1-unit, detached	38.9%	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	61.1%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Catron	Howardville
Poverty rate	28.8%	46.3%
Average household size	1.79	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1987	1981