Howardville vs Marston

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

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

Marston has the higher population (439 vs 162 in Howardville). Marston has the higher median household income ($36,761 vs $13,889 in Howardville). Marston has the higher median home value ($69,000 vs $56,500 in Howardville).

Population, income & housing

	Howardville	Marston
Population	162	439
Median age	30.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$13,889	$36,761
Median home value	$56,500	$69,000
Median gross rent	$322	$694
Housing units	107	205
Homeownership rate	28.4%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howardville	Marston
Population	270 → 162 (-40.0%)	472 → 439 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$30,547 → $13,889 (-54.5%)	$27,847 → $36,761 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,500 (+25.6%)	$23,000 → $69,000 (+200.0%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $322 (-50.8%)	$763 → $694 (-9.0%)

Howardville

Population

270162

Median household income

$30,547$13,889

Median home value

$45,000$56,500

Median gross rent

$655$322

Marston

Population

472439

Median household income

$27,847$36,761

Median home value

$23,000$69,000

Median gross rent

$763$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howardville	Marston
Under 5	19.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	22.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	17.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	5.2%
55 to 64	6.2%	26.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.6%
75 and over	2.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howardville	Marston
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	48.5%
Black or African American	75.3%	38.7%
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	19.8%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howardville	Marston
No high school diploma	18.2%	24.2%
High school graduate	50.0%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howardville	Marston
Drove alone	74.1%	94.3%
Carpooled	25.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howardville	Marston
1-unit, detached	43.0%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	44.9%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Howardville	Marston
Poverty rate	46.3%	20.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	14	46
Median year structure built	1981	1980