Howards Grove vs Oostburg

A side-by-side comparison of Howards Grove and Oostburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Howards Grove has the higher population (3,245 vs 3,077 in Oostburg). Oostburg has the higher median household income ($87,276 vs $72,348 in Howards Grove). Howards Grove has the higher median home value ($249,200 vs $230,400 in Oostburg).

Population, income & housing

	Howards Grove	Oostburg
Population	3,245	3,077
Median age	50.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,348	$87,276
Median home value	$249,200	$230,400
Median gross rent	$701	$931
Housing units	1,629	1,253
Homeownership rate	77.7%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howards Grove	Oostburg
Population	3,254 → 3,245 (-0.3%)	2,990 → 3,077 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$81,895 → $72,348 (-11.7%)	$61,250 → $87,276 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $249,200 (+34.5%)	$153,300 → $230,400 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $701 (-1.1%)	$745 → $931 (+25.0%)

Howards Grove

Population

3,2543,245

Median household income

$81,895$72,348

Median home value

$185,300$249,200

Median gross rent

$709$701

Oostburg

Population

2,9903,077

Median household income

$61,250$87,276

Median home value

$153,300$230,400

Median gross rent

$745$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howards Grove	Oostburg
Under 5	3.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	19.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.9%
75 and over	8.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howards Grove	Oostburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howards Grove	Oostburg
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howards Grove	Oostburg
Drove alone	83.4%	81.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howards Grove	Oostburg
1-unit, detached	74.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	18.1%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Howards Grove	Oostburg
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1984	1981