Avoca vs Carter Lake

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

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

Carter Lake has the higher population (3,773 vs 1,369 in Avoca). Carter Lake has the higher median household income ($75,037 vs $70,552 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $161,200 in Carter Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Carter Lake
Population	1,369	3,773
Median age	48.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,552	$75,037
Median home value	$165,700	$161,200
Median gross rent	$873	$1,115
Housing units	723	1,461
Homeownership rate	68.7%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Carter Lake
Population	1,413 → 1,369 (-3.1%)	3,796 → 3,773 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$56,389 → $70,552 (+25.1%)	$58,839 → $75,037 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $165,700 (+38.7%)	$113,900 → $161,200 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $873 (+18.3%)	$917 → $1,115 (+21.6%)

Avoca

Population

1,4131,369

Median household income

$56,389$70,552

Median home value

$119,500$165,700

Median gross rent

$738$873

Carter Lake

Population

3,7963,773

Median household income

$58,839$75,037

Median home value

$113,900$161,200

Median gross rent

$917$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Carter Lake
Under 5	8.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	18.2%
65 to 74	16.9%	10.9%
75 and over	10.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Carter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Carter Lake
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Carter Lake
Drove alone	89.6%	84.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Carter Lake
1-unit, detached	88.1%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Carter Lake
Poverty rate	9.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1948	1972