Green Bay vs Howard

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

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

Green Bay has the higher population (106,585 vs 20,261 in Howard). Howard has the higher median household income ($84,896 vs $62,546 in Green Bay). Howard has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $191,500 in Green Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Green Bay	Howard
Population	106,585	20,261
Median age	35.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,546	$84,896
Median home value	$191,500	$286,200
Median gross rent	$904	$1,053
Housing units	45,797	8,760
Homeownership rate	55.9%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Bay	Howard
Population	104,777 → 106,585 (+1.7%)	19,658 → 20,261 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$49,251 → $62,546 (+27.0%)	$70,385 → $84,896 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$135,900 → $191,500 (+40.9%)	$212,500 → $286,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $904 (+23.8%)	$829 → $1,053 (+27.0%)

Green Bay

Population

104,777106,585

Median household income

$49,251$62,546

Median home value

$135,900$191,500

Median gross rent

$730$904

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)

	Green Bay	Howard
Under 5	6.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.8%
75 and over	5.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Bay	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	3.7%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Bay	Howard
No high school diploma	11.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Bay	Howard
Drove alone	75.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	11.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Bay	Howard
1-unit, detached	58.0%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	18.1%
20 or more units	8.4%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Green Bay	Howard
Poverty rate	16.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1971	1994