Avoca vs Underwood

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

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

Avoca has the higher population (1,369 vs 977 in Underwood). Underwood has the higher median household income ($90,556 vs $70,552 in Avoca). Underwood has the higher median home value ($227,400 vs $165,700 in Avoca).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Underwood
Population	1,369	977
Median age	48.7 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,552	$90,556
Median home value	$165,700	$227,400
Median gross rent	$873	$819
Housing units	723	363
Homeownership rate	68.7%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Underwood
Population	1,413 → 1,369 (-3.1%)	854 → 977 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$56,389 → $70,552 (+25.1%)	$81,250 → $90,556 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $165,700 (+38.7%)	$160,800 → $227,400 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $873 (+18.3%)	$700 → $819 (+17.0%)

Avoca

Population

1,4131,369

Median household income

$56,389$70,552

Median home value

$119,500$165,700

Median gross rent

$738$873

Underwood

Population

854977

Median household income

$81,250$90,556

Median home value

$160,800$227,400

Median gross rent

$700$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Underwood
Under 5	8.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	16.9%	5.6%
75 and over	10.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Underwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Underwood
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.7%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Underwood
Drove alone	89.6%	79.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Underwood
1-unit, detached	88.1%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	9.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Underwood
Poverty rate	9.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.04	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1948	1980