Avoca vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (1,500 vs 1,369 in Avoca). Oakland has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $70,552 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $144,600 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Oakland
Population	1,369	1,500
Median age	48.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,552	$72,500
Median home value	$165,700	$144,600
Median gross rent	$873	$856
Housing units	723	657
Homeownership rate	68.7%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Oakland
Population	1,413 → 1,369 (-3.1%)	1,567 → 1,500 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$56,389 → $70,552 (+25.1%)	$67,222 → $72,500 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $165,700 (+38.7%)	$110,800 → $144,600 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $873 (+18.3%)	$655 → $856 (+30.7%)

Avoca

Population

1,4131,369

Median household income

$56,389$70,552

Median home value

$119,500$165,700

Median gross rent

$738$873

Oakland

Population

1,5671,500

Median household income

$67,222$72,500

Median home value

$110,800$144,600

Median gross rent

$655$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Oakland
Under 5	8.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.9%	9.5%
75 and over	10.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.8%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Oakland
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Oakland
Drove alone	89.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Oakland
1-unit, detached	88.1%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Oakland
Poverty rate	9.8%	16.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1948	1956