Howard County vs Kosciusko County

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

Howard County and Kosciusko County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howard County has the higher population (83,610 vs 80,357 in Kosciusko County). Kosciusko County has the higher median household income ($73,922 vs $62,496 in Howard County). Kosciusko County has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $151,500 in Howard County).

Population, income & housing

	Howard County	Kosciusko County
Population	83,610	80,357
Median age	41.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,496	$73,922
Median home value	$151,500	$200,300
Median gross rent	$915	$995
Housing units	39,795	38,587
Homeownership rate	71.9%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard County	Kosciusko County
Population	82,331 → 83,610 (+1.6%)	79,035 → 80,357 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$52,373 → $62,496 (+19.3%)	$61,366 → $73,922 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$109,500 → $151,500 (+38.4%)	$150,000 → $200,300 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $915 (+30.7%)	$788 → $995 (+26.3%)

Howard County

Population

82,33183,610

Median household income

$52,373$62,496

Median home value

$109,500$151,500

Median gross rent

$700$915

Kosciusko County

Population

79,03580,357

Median household income

$61,366$73,922

Median home value

$150,000$200,300

Median gross rent

$788$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard County	Kosciusko County
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.6%
75 and over	8.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard County	Kosciusko County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	85.7%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard County	Kosciusko County
No high school diploma	7.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard County	Kosciusko County
Drove alone	80.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard County	Kosciusko County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	4.6%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Howard County	Kosciusko County
Poverty rate	12.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1968	1979