It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Howard City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Howard City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Howard City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Howard City may be for you.
One downside of living in Howard City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Howard City, the average commute to work is 32.18 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Howard City is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Howard City, just 8.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Howard City in 2022 was $26,087, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,348 for a family of four. However, Howard City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Howard City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Howard City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Howard City include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Howard City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
