With 6,266 people, Howland Center is a city in Ohio. Owners hold 78% of the housing stock. 1% of people here were born outside the United States. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $196,000. At a median age of 42.0, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Households here earn about 21% more than in Ohio as a whole.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $86,135, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
35% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Howland Center
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants89.0% → 78.0%(−11.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$172,805 → $196,000(+13%)US over the same years: +67%
White share97.8% → 90.0%(−7.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Howland Center's population equals 3.1% of Trumbull County's. Its number of households without a car equals 0.7% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)31.7%(148)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)28.3%(132)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era23.3%(109)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 467 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Howland Center, decade by decade
Howland Center population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,732
$101,818
$172,805
23.2%
5.5
2000
6,481
$95,304
$199,836
26.5%
12.5
2010
6,351
$85,129
$198,379
30.3%
17.5
2020
6,351
$87,004
$167,867
27.6%
25.0
2024
6,266
$86,135
$196,000
35.4%
23.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
