Howard, Wisconsin demographics

Howard, WI demographics: median age 41.2; 35.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Howard village, Wisconsin · Incorporated village · GEOID 5535950. The survey estimates a population of 21,087 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Howard is 41.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.4 years. There are 8,839 households (±398). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	41.2 ±2.4	40.2 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,087
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Under 18	4,619 ±548	21.9% ±2.6 pp	21.4%	22.0%
18–34	4,305 ±552	20.4% ±2.6 pp	21.9%	22.8%
35–64	8,488 ±739	40.3% ±3.5 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	3,675 ±518	17.4% ±2.5 pp	18.5%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,087
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Male	10,330 ±439	49.0% ±2.1 pp	50.1%	49.5%
Female	10,757 ±438	51.0% ±2.1 pp	49.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,087
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
White alone	19,236 ±552	91.2% ±2.6 pp	80.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	674 ±327	3.2% ±1.6 pp	6.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	55 ±70 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.9%
Asian alone	220 ±159 · low precision	1.0% ±0.8 pp · low precision	3.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	108 ±125 · low precision	0.5% ±0.6 pp · low precision	2.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	794 ±311	3.8% ±1.5 pp	7.6%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,087
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,480 ±273	97.1% ±1.3 pp	92.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	607 ±273	2.9% ±1.3 pp	8.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 8,839
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Married-couple family	4,532 ±390	51.3% ±3.8 pp	46.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	386 ±192	4.4% ±2.2 pp	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	505 ±166	5.7% ±1.9 pp	9.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,633 ±461	29.8% ±5.0 pp	31.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	783 ±259	8.9% ±2.9 pp	8.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 8,839
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Households with people under 18	2,329 ±237	26.3% ±2.4 pp	26.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	6,510 ±482	73.7% ±4.3 pp	73.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 8,839
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,633 ±461	29.8% ±5.0 pp	31.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,472 ±482	39.3% ±5.2 pp	37.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	961 ±261	10.9% ±2.9 pp	13.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,233 ±281	13.9% ±3.1 pp	10.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	395 ±172	4.5% ±1.9 pp	4.8%	5.9%
Six-person households	65 ±60 · low precision	0.7% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.7%	2.2%
Seven or more people	80 ±85 · low precision	0.9% ±1.0 pp · low precision	1.0%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,087
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Native	20,608 ±262	97.7% ±1.2 pp	94.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	479 ±263 · low precision	2.3% ±1.2 pp · low precision	5.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 20,053
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
English only	19,493 ±371	97.2% ±1.3 pp	91.0%	77.7%
Spanish	334 ±190 · low precision	1.7% ±0.9 pp · low precision	4.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	20 ±32 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	44 ±71 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	35 ±65 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	38 ±60 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	32 ±37 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	44 ±79 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	13 ±19 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 14,461
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	429 ±171	3.0% ±1.2 pp	6.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,403 ±643	30.4% ±4.3 pp	29.4%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,781 ±432	19.2% ±2.9 pp	19.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,670 ±333	11.5% ±2.3 pp	11.3%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,849 ±444	26.6% ±2.9 pp	22.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,329 ±323	9.2% ±2.2 pp	11.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 20,985
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Same house	18,623 ±526	88.7% ±2.5 pp	88.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,638 ±505	7.8% ±2.4 pp	6.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	496 ±203	2.4% ±1.0 pp	3.3%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	156 ±119 · low precision	0.7% ±0.6 pp · low precision	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	72 ±79 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

4.3% of Howard residents (±2.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 5.2% in Wisconsin and 8.4% nationally. 90.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Howard	Wisconsin	U.S.	Compared with Wisconsin
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	4.3% ±2.2 pp · low precision	5.2%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	90.7% ±1.7 pp	90.3%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	11.2% ±2.7 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Howard . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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