Howe vs Pottsboro

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

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

Howe has the higher population (3,638 vs 2,624 in Pottsboro). Pottsboro has the higher median household income ($75,909 vs $57,417 in Howe). Pottsboro has the higher median home value ($246,300 vs $190,000 in Howe).

Population, income & housing

	Howe	Pottsboro
Population	3,638	2,624
Median age	26.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,417	$75,909
Median home value	$190,000	$246,300
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,233
Housing units	1,362	1,052
Homeownership rate	60.4%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howe	Pottsboro
Population	3,075 → 3,638 (+18.3%)	2,465 → 2,624 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$56,524 → $57,417 (+1.6%)	$70,000 → $75,909 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $190,000 (+70.6%)	$178,100 → $246,300 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $1,167 (+56.6%)	$809 → $1,233 (+52.4%)

Howe

Population

3,0753,638

Median household income

$56,524$57,417

Median home value

$111,400$190,000

Median gross rent

$745$1,167

Pottsboro

Population

2,4652,624

Median household income

$70,000$75,909

Median home value

$178,100$246,300

Median gross rent

$809$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howe	Pottsboro
Under 5	7.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	29.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	4.1%	14.0%
75 and over	2.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howe	Pottsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	8.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howe	Pottsboro
No high school diploma	20.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	32.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howe	Pottsboro
Drove alone	55.3%	71.3%
Carpooled	38.6%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howe	Pottsboro
1-unit, detached	54.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Howe	Pottsboro
Poverty rate	22.4%	7.9%
Average household size	3.00	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1984	1991