Avondale vs Oaks

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

Avondale and Oaks 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 178 in Oaks). Oaks has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $142,300 in Avondale). Since 2019, Oaks's population has grown faster (+19.5% vs -36.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Oaks
Population	322	178
Median age	44.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	—
Median home value	$142,300	$300,000
Median gross rent	$1,342	$1,463
Housing units	211	75
Homeownership rate	61.3%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Oaks
Population	507 → 322 (-36.5%)	149 → 178 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $48,750 (+14.7%)	$109,375 → $108,333 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $142,300 (+61.2%)	$212,500 → $300,000 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,342 (+26.0%)	$1,357 → $1,463 (+7.8%)

Avondale

Population

507322

Median household income

$42,500$48,750

Median home value

$88,300$142,300

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,342

Oaks

Population

149178

Median household income

$109,375$108,333

Median home value

$212,500$300,000

Median gross rent

$1,357$1,463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Oaks
Under 5	1.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	2.2%	12.9%
25 to 34	16.5%	2.8%
35 to 44	16.5%	21.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	18.0%
55 to 64	20.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	5.6%
75 and over	4.7%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	61.2%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Oaks
No high school diploma	11.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	25.2%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Oaks
Drove alone	66.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.3%	16.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Oaks
1-unit, detached	81.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Oaks
Poverty rate	13.7%	0.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1959	1948