Avoca vs Decatur

A side-by-side comparison of Avoca and Decatur: population, income, housing, and more.

Avoca and Decatur are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Decatur has the higher population (1,516 vs 811 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $43,239 in Decatur). Avoca has the higher median home value ($195,700 vs $141,800 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Decatur
Population	811	1,516
Median age	49.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$43,239
Median home value	$195,700	$141,800
Median gross rent	$1,250	$759
Housing units	285	700
Homeownership rate	92.3%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Decatur
Population	595 → 811 (+36.3%)	1,837 → 1,516 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$52,159 → $64,167 (+23.0%)	$40,750 → $43,239 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$128,900 → $195,700 (+51.8%)	$87,700 → $141,800 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $1,250 (+43.8%)	$586 → $759 (+29.5%)

Avoca

Population

595811

Median household income

$52,159$64,167

Median home value

$128,900$195,700

Median gross rent

$869$1,250

Decatur

Population

1,8371,516

Median household income

$40,750$43,239

Median home value

$87,700$141,800

Median gross rent

$586$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Decatur
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.4%	17.2%
35 to 44	6.2%	20.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.1%
75 and over	25.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	36.9%	53.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.3%
Asian	0.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.3%
Some other race	22.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	35.3%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Decatur
No high school diploma	18.3%	22.7%
High school graduate	44.6%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Decatur
Drove alone	91.3%	93.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Decatur
1-unit, detached	82.8%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Decatur
Poverty rate	9.1%	20.6%
Average household size	2.96	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1987	1992