Howe vs Shady Point

A side-by-side comparison of Howe and Shady Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shady Point has the higher population (1,010 vs 793 in Howe). Howe has the higher median household income ($53,214 vs $47,212 in Shady Point). Howe has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $97,500 in Shady Point).

Population, income & housing

	Howe	Shady Point
Population	793	1,010
Median age	33.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,214	$47,212
Median home value	$106,300	$97,500
Median gross rent	$700	$638
Housing units	271	468
Homeownership rate	67.7%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howe	Shady Point
Population	1,089 → 793 (-27.2%)	1,144 → 1,010 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $53,214 (+22.5%)	$34,643 → $47,212 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $106,300 (+2.3%)	$79,400 → $97,500 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $700 (+8.4%)	$667 → $638 (-4.3%)

Howe

Population

1,089793

Median household income

$43,438$53,214

Median home value

$103,900$106,300

Median gross rent

$646$700

Shady Point

Population

1,1441,010

Median household income

$34,643$47,212

Median home value

$79,400$97,500

Median gross rent

$667$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howe	Shady Point
Under 5	8.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.8%
75 and over	2.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howe	Shady Point
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	69.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.3%	11.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.9%	14.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howe	Shady Point
No high school diploma	15.7%	10.7%
High school graduate	43.3%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howe	Shady Point
Drove alone	77.2%	89.4%
Carpooled	13.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howe	Shady Point
1-unit, detached	70.8%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Howe	Shady Point
Poverty rate	28.0%	31.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1987	1984