Grundy County vs Howard County

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

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

Howard County has the higher population (10,141 vs 9,822 in Grundy County). Howard County has the higher median household income ($62,628 vs $53,839 in Grundy County). Howard County has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $107,000 in Grundy County).

Population, income & housing

	Grundy County	Howard County
Population	9,822	10,141
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,839	$62,628
Median home value	$107,000	$145,300
Median gross rent	$679	$807
Housing units	4,851	4,381
Homeownership rate	69.3%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grundy County	Howard County
Population	9,992 → 9,822 (-1.7%)	10,058 → 10,141 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$45,594 → $53,839 (+18.1%)	$52,700 → $62,628 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $107,000 (+8.7%)	$130,100 → $145,300 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $679 (+27.2%)	$601 → $807 (+34.3%)

Grundy County

Population

9,9929,822

Median household income

$45,594$53,839

Median home value

$98,400$107,000

Median gross rent

$534$679

Howard County

Population

10,05810,141

Median household income

$52,700$62,628

Median home value

$130,100$145,300

Median gross rent

$601$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grundy County	Howard County
Under 5	7.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	13.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.9%
75 and over	10.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grundy County	Howard County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grundy County	Howard County
No high school diploma	14.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	38.0%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grundy County	Howard County
Drove alone	78.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	4.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.3%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grundy County	Howard County
1-unit, detached	80.7%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Grundy County	Howard County
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1962	1972