Howard City is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,895 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. The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Howard City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Howard City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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 33.20 minutes, which is quite a bit 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.In Howard City, just 8.95% 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 $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.
