Avoca vs Prairie Creek

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

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

Prairie Creek has the higher population (2,367 vs 811 in Avoca). Prairie Creek has the higher median household income ($94,457 vs $64,167 in Avoca). Prairie Creek has the higher median home value ($360,200 vs $195,700 in Avoca).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Prairie Creek
Population	811	2,367
Median age	49.5 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$94,457
Median home value	$195,700	$360,200
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,069
Housing units	285	987
Homeownership rate	92.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Prairie Creek
Population	595 → 811 (+36.3%)	2,421 → 2,367 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$52,159 → $64,167 (+23.0%)	$74,922 → $94,457 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$128,900 → $195,700 (+51.8%)	$222,800 → $360,200 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $1,250 (+43.8%)	$867 → $1,069 (+23.3%)

Avoca

Population

595811

Median household income

$52,159$64,167

Median home value

$128,900$195,700

Median gross rent

$869$1,250

Prairie Creek

Population

2,4212,367

Median household income

$74,922$94,457

Median home value

$222,800$360,200

Median gross rent

$867$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Prairie Creek
Under 5	5.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	8.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	18.8%
35 to 44	6.2%	7.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.6%
75 and over	25.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Prairie Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	36.9%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	22.6%	2.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Prairie Creek
No high school diploma	18.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	44.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Prairie Creek
Drove alone	91.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Prairie Creek
1-unit, detached	82.8%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Prairie Creek
Poverty rate	9.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1987	1990