Howards Grove vs Plymouth

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (8,913 vs 3,245 in Howards Grove). Howards Grove has the higher median household income ($72,348 vs $67,784 in Plymouth). Howards Grove has the higher median home value ($249,200 vs $194,900 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Howards Grove	Plymouth
Population	3,245	8,913
Median age	50.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,348	$67,784
Median home value	$249,200	$194,900
Median gross rent	$701	$865
Housing units	1,629	4,129
Homeownership rate	77.7%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howards Grove	Plymouth
Population	3,254 → 3,245 (-0.3%)	8,590 → 8,913 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$81,895 → $72,348 (-11.7%)	$53,650 → $67,784 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $249,200 (+34.5%)	$144,700 → $194,900 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $701 (-1.1%)	$707 → $865 (+22.3%)

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

Plymouth

Population

8,5908,913

Median household income

$53,650$67,784

Median home value

$144,700$194,900

Median gross rent

$707$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howards Grove	Plymouth
Under 5	3.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	19.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.7%
75 and over	8.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howards Grove	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howards Grove	Plymouth
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howards Grove	Plymouth
Drove alone	83.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howards Grove	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	74.0%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Howards Grove	Plymouth
Poverty rate	4.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1984	1970