Champion Heights vs Howland Center

A side-by-side comparison of Champion Heights and Howland Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Champion Heights and Howland Center are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howland Center has the higher population (6,564 vs 6,299 in Champion Heights). Howland Center has the higher median household income ($84,306 vs $69,688 in Champion Heights). Howland Center has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $138,700 in Champion Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Champion Heights	Howland Center
Population	6,299	6,564
Median age	45.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,688	$84,306
Median home value	$138,700	$179,700
Median gross rent	$856	$1,117
Housing units	2,749	2,719
Homeownership rate	81.9%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Champion Heights	Howland Center
Population	6,233 → 6,299 (+1.1%)	6,269 → 6,564 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$57,091 → $69,688 (+22.1%)	$71,058 → $84,306 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$112,300 → $138,700 (+23.5%)	$136,500 → $179,700 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $856 (+20.4%)	$915 → $1,117 (+22.1%)

Champion Heights

Population

6,2336,299

Median household income

$57,091$69,688

Median home value

$112,300$138,700

Median gross rent

$711$856

Howland Center

Population

6,2696,564

Median household income

$71,058$84,306

Median home value

$136,500$179,700

Median gross rent

$915$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Champion Heights	Howland Center
Under 5	2.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.0%
75 and over	11.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Champion Heights	Howland Center
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Champion Heights	Howland Center
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	49.7%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Champion Heights	Howland Center
Drove alone	77.1%	86.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.6%	5.4%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Champion Heights	Howland Center
1-unit, detached	88.5%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Champion Heights	Howland Center
Poverty rate	9.8%	8.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1964	1974