Howard is a medium-sized village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 20,775 people and four associated neighborhoods, Howard is the 41st largest community in Wisconsin.Howard is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Howard is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Howard who work in office and administrative support (11.54%), sales jobs (11.10%), and management occupations (10.35%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.92% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Howard 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.The citizens of Howard are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.70% of adults in Howard have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Howard in 2022 was $44,176, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,704 for a family of four. However, Howard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Howard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Howard residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Howard include German, Polish, Irish, Dutch, and French. The most common language spoken in Howard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
