Howardville vs Tallapoosa

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

Howardville and Tallapoosa 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 69 in Tallapoosa). Tallapoosa has the higher median household income ($58,500 vs $13,889 in Howardville). Since 2019, Tallapoosa's population has grown faster (-28.1% vs -40.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Howardville	Tallapoosa
Population	162	69
Median age	30.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$13,889	$58,500
Median home value	$56,500	—
Median gross rent	$322	—
Housing units	107	37
Homeownership rate	28.4%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howardville	Tallapoosa
Population	270 → 162 (-40.0%)	96 → 69 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$30,547 → $13,889 (-54.5%)	$44,000 → $58,500 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,500 (+25.6%)	$23,300 → $24,100 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $322 (-50.8%)	—

Howardville

Population

270162

Median household income

$30,547$13,889

Median home value

$45,000$56,500

Median gross rent

$655$322

Tallapoosa

Population

9669

Median household income

$44,000$58,500

Median home value

$23,300$24,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howardville	Tallapoosa
Under 5	19.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	13.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	1.4%
35 to 44	17.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	31.9%
55 to 64	6.2%	7.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.6%
75 and over	2.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howardville	Tallapoosa
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	92.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howardville	Tallapoosa
No high school diploma	18.2%	26.5%
High school graduate	50.0%	67.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	6.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howardville	Tallapoosa
Drove alone	74.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	25.9%	0.0%
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	Tallapoosa
1-unit, detached	43.0%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Howardville	Tallapoosa
Poverty rate	46.3%	14.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	14	37
Median year structure built	1981	1979