Aaronsburg vs Howard

A side-by-side comparison of Aaronsburg and Howard: population, income, housing, and more.

Aaronsburg and Howard are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aaronsburg has the higher population (706 vs 689 in Howard). Aaronsburg has the higher median household income ($85,063 vs $60,417 in Howard). Aaronsburg has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $189,800 in Howard).

Population, income & housing

	Aaronsburg	Howard
Population	706	689
Median age	29.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,063	$60,417
Median home value	$266,700	$189,800
Median gross rent	—	$951
Housing units	269	263
Homeownership rate	89.1%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aaronsburg	Howard
Population	487 → 706 (+45.0%)	683 → 689 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$58,854 → $85,063 (+44.5%)	$53,750 → $60,417 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $266,700 (+73.7%)	$161,000 → $189,800 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$854 → $951 (+11.4%)

Aaronsburg

Population

487706

Median household income

$58,854$85,063

Median home value

$153,500$266,700

Howard

Population

683689

Median household income

$53,750$60,417

Median home value

$161,000$189,800

Median gross rent

$854$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aaronsburg	Howard
Under 5	14.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	29.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	5.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.3%
75 and over	2.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aaronsburg	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aaronsburg	Howard
No high school diploma	17.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aaronsburg	Howard
Drove alone	47.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aaronsburg	Howard
1-unit, detached	93.7%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aaronsburg	Howard
Poverty rate	2.8%	9.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1986	1938