Howard City is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,881 people and two associated neighborhoods, Howard City is the 371st largest community in Michigan.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Howard City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 53.34% of the Howard City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Howard City is a village of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Howard City who work in sales jobs (10.90%), food service (5.16%), and management occupations (4.81%). Also of interest is that Howard City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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. In Howard City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.20 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small village, Howard City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Howard City have a very low rate of college education: just 8.95% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Howard City in 2022 was $24,644, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,576 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 Black or African-American. 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.
