Girard vs Howland Center

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

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

Girard has the higher population (9,521 vs 6,564 in Howland Center). Howland Center has the higher median household income ($84,306 vs $42,861 in Girard). Howland Center has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $105,700 in Girard).

Population, income & housing

	Girard	Howland Center
Population	9,521	6,564
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,861	$84,306
Median home value	$105,700	$179,700
Median gross rent	$736	$1,117
Housing units	4,888	2,719
Homeownership rate	64.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girard	Howland Center
Population	9,368 → 9,521 (+1.6%)	6,269 → 6,564 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$40,543 → $42,861 (+5.7%)	$71,058 → $84,306 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $105,700 (+37.1%)	$136,500 → $179,700 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $736 (+16.1%)	$915 → $1,117 (+22.1%)

Girard

Population

9,3689,521

Median household income

$40,543$42,861

Median home value

$77,100$105,700

Median gross rent

$634$736

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)

	Girard	Howland Center
Under 5	6.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.0%
75 and over	5.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girard	Howland Center
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	91.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girard	Howland Center
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	40.8%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girard	Howland Center
Drove alone	85.4%	86.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.9%
Walked	3.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girard	Howland Center
1-unit, detached	73.8%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Girard	Howland Center
Poverty rate	19.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1956	1974