Avoca vs Mitchell

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

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

Mitchell has the higher population (3,941 vs 344 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $45,580 in Mitchell). Since 2019, Mitchell's population has grown faster (-7.5% vs -57.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Mitchell
Population	344	3,941
Median age	52.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$45,580
Median home value	—	$101,900
Median gross rent	—	$751
Housing units	166	1,680
Homeownership rate	92.2%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Mitchell
Population	816 → 344 (-57.8%)	4,261 → 3,941 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$66,071 → $74,167 (+12.3%)	$43,025 → $45,580 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $119,000 (-3.4%)	$74,000 → $101,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$540 → $751 (+39.1%)

Avoca

Population

816344

Median household income

$66,071$74,167

Median home value

$123,200$119,000

Mitchell

Population

4,2613,941

Median household income

$43,025$45,580

Median home value

$74,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$540$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Mitchell
Under 5	3.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	8.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	27.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	23.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	5.9%
75 and over	0.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Mitchell
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Mitchell
No high school diploma	6.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	25.7%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Mitchell
Drove alone	80.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	19.4%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Mitchell
1-unit, detached	92.2%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Mitchell
Poverty rate	7.8%	20.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1966	1975