Fredericktown vs Howard

A side-by-side comparison of Fredericktown and Howard: population, income, housing, and more.

Fredericktown and Howard are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fredericktown has the higher population (2,634 vs 442 in Howard). Fredericktown has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $104,700 in Howard). Since 2019, Howard's population has grown faster (+141.5% vs +5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericktown	Howard
Population	2,634	442
Median age	42.0 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,668	—
Median home value	$164,500	$104,700
Median gross rent	$805	—
Housing units	1,282	147
Homeownership rate	78.7%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericktown	Howard
Population	2,501 → 2,634 (+5.3%)	183 → 442 (+141.5%)
Median household income	$51,117 → $64,668 (+26.5%)	$38,173 → $40,766 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $164,500 (+36.2%)	$86,200 → $104,700 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $805 (+17.5%)	—

Fredericktown

Population

2,5012,634

Median household income

$51,117$64,668

Median home value

$120,800$164,500

Median gross rent

$685$805

Howard

Population

183442

Median household income

$38,173$40,766

Median home value

$86,200$104,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredericktown	Howard
Under 5	6.7%	22.9%
5 to 17	10.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.2%	31.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.6%
75 and over	11.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericktown	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericktown	Howard
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	40.7%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericktown	Howard
Drove alone	80.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericktown	Howard
1-unit, detached	73.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fredericktown	Howard
Poverty rate	14.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.14	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1961	1950