Avon vs Paynesville

A side-by-side comparison of Avon and Paynesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Avon and Paynesville are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paynesville has the higher population (2,476 vs 1,493 in Avon). Avon has the higher median household income ($90,987 vs $72,105 in Paynesville). Avon has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $168,800 in Paynesville).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Paynesville
Population	1,493	2,476
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,987	$72,105
Median home value	$240,400	$168,800
Median gross rent	$1,013	$791
Housing units	692	1,236
Homeownership rate	81.7%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Paynesville
Population	1,670 → 1,493 (-10.6%)	2,503 → 2,476 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$77,206 → $90,987 (+17.8%)	$51,208 → $72,105 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $240,400 (+37.4%)	$129,400 → $168,800 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $1,013 (+31.6%)	$642 → $791 (+23.2%)

Avon

Population

1,6701,493

Median household income

$77,206$90,987

Median home value

$174,900$240,400

Median gross rent

$770$1,013

Paynesville

Population

2,5032,476

Median household income

$51,208$72,105

Median home value

$129,400$168,800

Median gross rent

$642$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Paynesville
Under 5	5.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.4%
75 and over	6.4%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Paynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Paynesville
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Paynesville
Drove alone	79.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.2%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	7.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Paynesville
1-unit, detached	83.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	14.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Paynesville
Poverty rate	9.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1985	1970