Avoca vs Council Bluffs

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

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

Council Bluffs has the higher population (62,564 vs 1,369 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median household income ($70,552 vs $64,092 in Council Bluffs). Avoca has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $164,300 in Council Bluffs).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Council Bluffs
Population	1,369	62,564
Median age	48.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,552	$64,092
Median home value	$165,700	$164,300
Median gross rent	$873	$980
Housing units	723	27,576
Homeownership rate	68.7%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Council Bluffs
Population	1,413 → 1,369 (-3.1%)	62,355 → 62,564 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$56,389 → $70,552 (+25.1%)	$53,524 → $64,092 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $165,700 (+38.7%)	$120,100 → $164,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $873 (+18.3%)	$848 → $980 (+15.6%)

Avoca

Population

1,4131,369

Median household income

$56,389$70,552

Median home value

$119,500$165,700

Median gross rent

$738$873

Council Bluffs

Population

62,35562,564

Median household income

$53,524$64,092

Median home value

$120,100$164,300

Median gross rent

$848$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Council Bluffs
Under 5	8.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	16.9%	11.0%
75 and over	10.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Council Bluffs
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Council Bluffs
No high school diploma	4.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Council Bluffs
Drove alone	89.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.5%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Council Bluffs
1-unit, detached	88.1%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	11.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Council Bluffs
Poverty rate	9.8%	13.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1948	1964