Avoca vs Walnut

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

Avoca and Walnut 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 1,339 in Walnut). Avoca has the higher median household income ($70,552 vs $65,278 in Walnut). Avoca has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $97,900 in Walnut).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Walnut
Population	1,369	1,339
Median age	48.7 yrs	66.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,552	$65,278
Median home value	$165,700	$97,900
Median gross rent	$873	$844
Housing units	723	412
Homeownership rate	68.7%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Walnut
Population	1,413 → 1,369 (-3.1%)	764 → 1,339 (+75.3%)
Median household income	$56,389 → $70,552 (+25.1%)	$46,625 → $65,278 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $165,700 (+38.7%)	$102,900 → $97,900 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $873 (+18.3%)	$823 → $844 (+2.6%)

Avoca

Population

1,4131,369

Median household income

$56,389$70,552

Median home value

$119,500$165,700

Median gross rent

$738$873

Walnut

Population

7641,339

Median household income

$46,625$65,278

Median home value

$102,900$97,900

Median gross rent

$823$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Walnut
Under 5	8.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	9.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	1.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	3.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	16.9%	19.7%
75 and over	10.2%	33.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Walnut
No high school diploma	4.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	33.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Walnut
Drove alone	89.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Walnut
1-unit, detached	88.1%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Walnut
Poverty rate	9.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1948	1938