Avondale vs Missouri City

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale and Missouri City: population, income, housing, and more.

Avondale and Missouri City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avondale has the higher population (322 vs 262 in Missouri City). Missouri City has the higher median household income ($51,042 vs $48,750 in Avondale). Avondale has the higher median home value ($142,300 vs $83,800 in Missouri City).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Missouri City
Population	322	262
Median age	44.7 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$51,042
Median home value	$142,300	$83,800
Median gross rent	$1,342	$1,045
Housing units	211	142
Homeownership rate	61.3%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Missouri City
Population	507 → 322 (-36.5%)	569 → 262 (-54.0%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $48,750 (+14.7%)	$48,467 → $51,042 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $142,300 (+61.2%)	$75,000 → $83,800 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,342 (+26.0%)	$890 → $1,045 (+17.4%)

Avondale

Population

507322

Median household income

$42,500$48,750

Median home value

$88,300$142,300

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,342

Missouri City

Population

569262

Median household income

$48,467$51,042

Median home value

$75,000$83,800

Median gross rent

$890$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Missouri City
Under 5	1.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	2.7%
18 to 24	2.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	2.7%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	20.6%
55 to 64	20.5%	27.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	16.4%
75 and over	4.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Missouri City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	90.5%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Missouri City
No high school diploma	11.7%	19.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Missouri City
Drove alone	66.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Missouri City
1-unit, detached	81.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Missouri City
Poverty rate	13.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.01	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1959	1951