Avoca vs Oolitic

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

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

Oolitic has the higher population (1,461 vs 344 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $61,696 in Oolitic). Since 2019, Oolitic's population has grown faster (+34.3% vs -57.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Oolitic
Population	344	1,461
Median age	52.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$61,696
Median home value	—	$141,700
Median gross rent	—	$681
Housing units	166	705
Homeownership rate	92.2%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Oolitic
Population	816 → 344 (-57.8%)	1,088 → 1,461 (+34.3%)
Median household income	$66,071 → $74,167 (+12.3%)	$47,216 → $61,696 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $119,000 (-3.4%)	$94,300 → $141,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$594 → $681 (+14.6%)

Avoca

Population

816344

Median household income

$66,071$74,167

Median home value

$123,200$119,000

Oolitic

Population

1,0881,461

Median household income

$47,216$61,696

Median home value

$94,300$141,700

Median gross rent

$594$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Oolitic
Under 5	3.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	8.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	27.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	23.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	16.6%	21.2%
75 and over	0.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Oolitic
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	9.9%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Oolitic
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	25.7%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Oolitic
Drove alone	80.6%	86.5%
Carpooled	19.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Oolitic
1-unit, detached	92.2%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Oolitic
Poverty rate	7.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1966	1965