Avoca vs Bedford

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

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

Bedford has the higher population (13,824 vs 344 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $50,253 in Bedford). Since 2019, Bedford's population has grown faster (+4.2% vs -57.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Bedford
Population	344	13,824
Median age	52.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$50,253
Median home value	—	$136,900
Median gross rent	—	$819
Housing units	166	6,831
Homeownership rate	92.2%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Bedford
Population	816 → 344 (-57.8%)	13,272 → 13,824 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$66,071 → $74,167 (+12.3%)	$43,700 → $50,253 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $119,000 (-3.4%)	$94,800 → $136,900 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$679 → $819 (+20.6%)

Avoca

Population

816344

Median household income

$66,071$74,167

Median home value

$123,200$119,000

Bedford

Population

13,27213,824

Median household income

$43,700$50,253

Median home value

$94,800$136,900

Median gross rent

$679$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Bedford
Under 5	3.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	8.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	27.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	23.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.3%
75 and over	0.0%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Bedford
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Bedford
No high school diploma	6.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	25.7%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Bedford
Drove alone	80.6%	82.8%
Carpooled	19.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Bedford
1-unit, detached	92.2%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Bedford
Poverty rate	7.8%	15.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1966	1957