Howard vs Snow Shoe

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

Howard and Snow Shoe 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 679 in Snow Shoe). Snow Shoe has the higher median household income ($78,571 vs $60,417 in Howard). Howard has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $164,200 in Snow Shoe).

Population, income & housing

	Howard	Snow Shoe
Population	689	679
Median age	34.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$78,571
Median home value	$189,800	$164,200
Median gross rent	$951	$910
Housing units	263	295
Homeownership rate	77.4%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard	Snow Shoe
Population	683 → 689 (+0.9%)	835 → 679 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $60,417 (+12.4%)	$68,125 → $78,571 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $189,800 (+17.9%)	$122,500 → $164,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $951 (+11.4%)	$683 → $910 (+33.2%)

Howard

Population

683689

Median household income

$53,750$60,417

Median home value

$161,000$189,800

Median gross rent

$854$951

Snow Shoe

Population

835679

Median household income

$68,125$78,571

Median home value

$122,500$164,200

Median gross rent

$683$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard	Snow Shoe
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	18.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.8%
75 and over	7.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard	Snow Shoe
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard	Snow Shoe
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	45.6%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard	Snow Shoe
Drove alone	88.2%	87.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	5.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard	Snow Shoe
1-unit, detached	81.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Howard	Snow Shoe
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1938	1961