Howardville vs Risco

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

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

Risco has the higher population (243 vs 162 in Howardville). Risco has the higher median household income ($43,125 vs $13,889 in Howardville). Risco has the higher median home value ($72,700 vs $56,500 in Howardville).

Population, income & housing

	Howardville	Risco
Population	162	243
Median age	30.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$13,889	$43,125
Median home value	$56,500	$72,700
Median gross rent	$322	$668
Housing units	107	152
Homeownership rate	28.4%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howardville	Risco
Population	270 → 162 (-40.0%)	392 → 243 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$30,547 → $13,889 (-54.5%)	$43,125 → $43,125 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,500 (+25.6%)	$61,000 → $72,700 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $322 (-50.8%)	$715 → $668 (-6.6%)

Howardville

Population

270162

Median household income

$30,547$13,889

Median home value

$45,000$56,500

Median gross rent

$655$322

Risco

Population

392243

Median household income

$43,125$43,125

Median home value

$61,000$72,700

Median gross rent

$715$668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howardville	Risco
Under 5	19.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	22.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	17.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	6.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	19.8%
75 and over	2.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howardville	Risco
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	75.3%	0.0%
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%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howardville	Risco
No high school diploma	18.2%	13.3%
High school graduate	50.0%	62.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howardville	Risco
Drove alone	74.1%	97.1%
Carpooled	25.9%	2.9%
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)

	Howardville	Risco
1-unit, detached	43.0%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	44.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Howardville	Risco
Poverty rate	46.3%	24.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1981	1967