Howard vs North Philipsburg

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

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

Howard has the higher population (689 vs 659 in North Philipsburg). Howard has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $46,003 in North Philipsburg). Howard has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $88,500 in North Philipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Howard	North Philipsburg
Population	689	659
Median age	34.9 yrs	68.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$46,003
Median home value	$189,800	$88,500
Median gross rent	$951	$788
Housing units	263	325
Homeownership rate	77.4%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	22.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard	North Philipsburg
Population	683 → 689 (+0.9%)	713 → 659 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $60,417 (+12.4%)	$49,125 → $46,003 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $189,800 (+17.9%)	$112,600 → $88,500 (-21.4%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $951 (+11.4%)	$720 → $788 (+9.4%)

Howard

Population

683689

Median household income

$53,750$60,417

Median home value

$161,000$189,800

Median gross rent

$854$951

North Philipsburg

Population

713659

Median household income

$49,125$46,003

Median home value

$112,600$88,500

Median gross rent

$720$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard	North Philipsburg
Under 5	5.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	8.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.6%
25 to 34	15.7%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	4.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	17.3%
75 and over	7.7%	35.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard	North Philipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	100.0%
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	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard	North Philipsburg
No high school diploma	1.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	45.6%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard	North Philipsburg
Drove alone	88.2%	91.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard	North Philipsburg
1-unit, detached	81.4%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Howard	North Philipsburg
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.68	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1938	1956