Avoca vs East Oolitic

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

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

Avoca has the higher population (344 vs 123 in East Oolitic). East Oolitic has the higher median household income ($77,773 vs $74,167 in Avoca). Since 2019, East Oolitic's population has grown faster (-12.1% vs -57.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	East Oolitic
Population	344	123
Median age	52.6 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$77,773
Median home value	—	$101,100
Housing units	166	57
Homeownership rate	92.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	East Oolitic
Population	816 → 344 (-57.8%)	140 → 123 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$66,071 → $74,167 (+12.3%)	$73,355 → $77,773 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $119,000 (-3.4%)	$88,900 → $101,100 (+13.7%)

Avoca

Population

816344

Median household income

$66,071$74,167

Median home value

$123,200$119,000

East Oolitic

Population

140123

Median household income

$73,355$77,773

Median home value

$88,900$101,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	East Oolitic
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	20.3%
45 to 54	27.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	23.3%	31.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	10.6%
75 and over	0.0%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	East Oolitic
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	East Oolitic
No high school diploma	6.6%	25.5%
High school graduate	25.7%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	East Oolitic
Drove alone	80.6%	63.2%
Carpooled	19.4%	36.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	East Oolitic
1-unit, detached	92.2%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	East Oolitic
Poverty rate	7.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1966	1958