De Pere vs Howard

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

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

De Pere has the higher population (25,368 vs 20,261 in Howard). Howard has the higher median household income ($84,896 vs $80,550 in De Pere). Howard has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $253,900 in De Pere).

Population, income & housing

	De Pere	Howard
Population	25,368	20,261
Median age	36.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,550	$84,896
Median home value	$253,900	$286,200
Median gross rent	$981	$1,053
Housing units	10,451	8,760
Homeownership rate	64.0%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Pere	Howard
Population	24,903 → 25,368 (+1.9%)	19,658 → 20,261 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$72,286 → $80,550 (+11.4%)	$70,385 → $84,896 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$177,500 → $253,900 (+43.0%)	$212,500 → $286,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $981 (+9.6%)	$829 → $1,053 (+27.0%)

De Pere

Population

24,90325,368

Median household income

$72,286$80,550

Median home value

$177,500$253,900

Median gross rent

$895$981

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)

	De Pere	Howard
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	14.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.8%
75 and over	6.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Pere	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Pere	Howard
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	25.7%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Pere	Howard
Drove alone	75.3%	80.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	11.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Pere	Howard
1-unit, detached	62.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	18.1%
20 or more units	8.1%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	De Pere	Howard
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1985	1994