Howe vs Rock Island

A side-by-side comparison of Howe and Rock Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Howe and Rock Island are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howe has the higher population (793 vs 753 in Rock Island). Howe has the higher median household income ($53,214 vs $42,917 in Rock Island). Rock Island has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $106,300 in Howe).

Population, income & housing

	Howe	Rock Island
Population	793	753
Median age	33.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,214	$42,917
Median home value	$106,300	$127,500
Median gross rent	$700	$757
Housing units	271	330
Homeownership rate	67.7%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howe	Rock Island
Population	1,089 → 793 (-27.2%)	842 → 753 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $53,214 (+22.5%)	$45,859 → $42,917 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $106,300 (+2.3%)	$98,500 → $127,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $700 (+8.4%)	$669 → $757 (+13.2%)

Howe

Population

1,089793

Median household income

$43,438$53,214

Median home value

$103,900$106,300

Median gross rent

$646$700

Rock Island

Population

842753

Median household income

$45,859$42,917

Median home value

$98,500$127,500

Median gross rent

$669$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howe	Rock Island
Under 5	8.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.6%
75 and over	2.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howe	Rock Island
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	82.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.3%	9.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howe	Rock Island
No high school diploma	15.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	43.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howe	Rock Island
Drove alone	77.2%	85.8%
Carpooled	13.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howe	Rock Island
1-unit, detached	70.8%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	37.6%

Poverty & households

	Howe	Rock Island
Poverty rate	28.0%	29.6%
Average household size	2.98	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1987	1990