Howland Center vs Niles

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

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

Niles has the higher population (18,301 vs 6,564 in Howland Center). Howland Center has the higher median household income ($84,306 vs $49,987 in Niles). Howland Center has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $108,400 in Niles).

Population, income & housing

	Howland Center	Niles
Population	6,564	18,301
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,306	$49,987
Median home value	$179,700	$108,400
Median gross rent	$1,117	$787
Housing units	2,719	9,560
Homeownership rate	78.1%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howland Center	Niles
Population	6,269 → 6,564 (+4.7%)	18,468 → 18,301 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$71,058 → $84,306 (+18.6%)	$44,020 → $49,987 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $179,700 (+31.6%)	$85,200 → $108,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,117 (+22.1%)	$695 → $787 (+13.2%)

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

Niles

Population

18,46818,301

Median household income

$44,020$49,987

Median home value

$85,200$108,400

Median gross rent

$695$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howland Center	Niles
Under 5	6.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.6%
75 and over	11.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howland Center	Niles
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	88.3%
Black or African American	3.1%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howland Center	Niles
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howland Center	Niles
Drove alone	86.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howland Center	Niles
1-unit, detached	81.8%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Howland Center	Niles
Poverty rate	8.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1974	1963