Avalon vs Chula

A side-by-side comparison of Avalon and Chula: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chula has the higher population (150 vs 36 in Avalon). Avalon has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $39,792 in Chula). Avalon has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $75,500 in Chula).

Population, income & housing

	Avalon	Chula
Population	36	150
Median age	53.5 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$39,792
Median home value	$92,500	$75,500
Median gross rent	—	$583
Housing units	36	87
Homeownership rate	94.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avalon	Chula
Population	51 → 36 (-29.4%)	198 → 150 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $54,167 (+5.7%)	$34,375 → $39,792 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $92,500 (+13.6%)	$62,000 → $75,500 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$546 → $583 (+6.8%)

Avalon

Population

5136

Median household income

$51,250$54,167

Median home value

$81,400$92,500

Chula

Population

198150

Median household income

$34,375$39,792

Median home value

$62,000$75,500

Median gross rent

$546$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avalon	Chula
Under 5	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	22.7%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	19.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	19.4%	11.3%
75 and over	16.7%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avalon	Chula
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avalon	Chula
No high school diploma	13.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	53.3%	57.6%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avalon	Chula
Drove alone	72.2%	92.1%
Carpooled	27.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avalon	Chula
1-unit, detached	97.2%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Avalon	Chula
Poverty rate	2.8%	22.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1960	1948