Bellevue vs Howard

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

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

Howard has the higher population (20,261 vs 16,255 in Bellevue). Howard has the higher median household income ($84,896 vs $80,750 in Bellevue). Howard has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $267,700 in Bellevue).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Howard
Population	16,255	20,261
Median age	40.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,750	$84,896
Median home value	$267,700	$286,200
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,053
Housing units	7,199	8,760
Homeownership rate	63.7%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Howard
Population	15,701 → 16,255 (+3.5%)	19,658 → 20,261 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$55,704 → $80,750 (+45.0%)	$70,385 → $84,896 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$188,400 → $267,700 (+42.1%)	$212,500 → $286,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,083 (+21.7%)	$829 → $1,053 (+27.0%)

Bellevue

Population

15,70116,255

Median household income

$55,704$80,750

Median home value

$188,400$267,700

Median gross rent

$890$1,083

Howard

Population

19,65820,261

Median household income

$70,385$84,896

Median home value

$212,500$286,200

Median gross rent

$829$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Howard
Under 5	3.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.8%
75 and over	6.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Howard
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Howard
Drove alone	83.2%	80.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	11.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Howard
1-unit, detached	50.2%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	18.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Howard
Poverty rate	4.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1995	1994