Howard County vs Ralls County

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

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

Ralls County has the higher population (10,394 vs 10,141 in Howard County). Howard County has the higher median household income ($62,628 vs $62,054 in Ralls County). Ralls County has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $145,300 in Howard County).

Population, income & housing

	Howard County	Ralls County
Population	10,141	10,394
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,628	$62,054
Median home value	$145,300	$153,400
Median gross rent	$807	$765
Housing units	4,381	5,036
Homeownership rate	80.3%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard County	Ralls County
Population	10,058 → 10,141 (+0.8%)	10,234 → 10,394 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$52,700 → $62,628 (+18.8%)	$55,377 → $62,054 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $145,300 (+11.7%)	$136,200 → $153,400 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $807 (+34.3%)	$767 → $765 (-0.3%)

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

Ralls County

Population

10,23410,394

Median household income

$55,377$62,054

Median home value

$136,200$153,400

Median gross rent

$767$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard County	Ralls County
Under 5	5.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	13.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.6%
75 and over	8.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard County	Ralls County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	5.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard County	Ralls County
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	35.6%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard County	Ralls County
Drove alone	76.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard County	Ralls County
1-unit, detached	76.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Howard County	Ralls County
Poverty rate	12.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1972	1982