Avondale vs Oakwood Park

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

Avondale and Oakwood Park 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 224 in Oakwood Park). Oakwood Park has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $48,750 in Avondale). Oakwood Park has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $142,300 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Oakwood Park
Population	322	224
Median age	44.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$85,000
Median home value	$142,300	$169,200
Median gross rent	$1,342	$1,425
Housing units	211	90
Homeownership rate	61.3%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Oakwood Park
Population	507 → 322 (-36.5%)	331 → 224 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $48,750 (+14.7%)	$80,625 → $85,000 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $142,300 (+61.2%)	$142,300 → $169,200 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,342 (+26.0%)	$1,125 → $1,425 (+26.7%)

Avondale

Population

507322

Median household income

$42,500$48,750

Median home value

$88,300$142,300

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,342

Oakwood Park

Population

331224

Median household income

$80,625$85,000

Median home value

$142,300$169,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Oakwood Park
Under 5	1.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	2.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	16.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.1%
55 to 64	20.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	3.6%
75 and over	4.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Oakwood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	81.7%
Black or African American	5.0%	2.7%
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%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Oakwood Park
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	25.2%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Oakwood Park
Drove alone	66.7%	89.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Oakwood Park
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	Oakwood Park
Poverty rate	13.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1959	1958