Avalon vs Wheeling

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

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

Wheeling has the higher population (135 vs 36 in Avalon). Avalon has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $41,000 in Wheeling). Avalon has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $71,900 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Avalon	Wheeling
Population	36	135
Median age	53.5 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$41,000
Median home value	$92,500	$71,900
Housing units	36	97
Homeownership rate	94.4%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avalon	Wheeling
Population	51 → 36 (-29.4%)	273 → 135 (-50.5%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $54,167 (+5.7%)	$35,938 → $41,000 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $92,500 (+13.6%)	$65,000 → $71,900 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$678 → $810 (+19.5%)

Avalon

Population

5136

Median household income

$51,250$54,167

Median home value

$81,400$92,500

Wheeling

Population

273135

Median household income

$35,938$41,000

Median home value

$65,000$71,900

Median gross rent

$678$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avalon	Wheeling
Under 5	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	10.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	1.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	19.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	22.2%
65 to 74	19.4%	16.3%
75 and over	16.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avalon	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avalon	Wheeling
No high school diploma	13.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	53.3%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avalon	Wheeling
Drove alone	72.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	27.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avalon	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	97.2%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Avalon	Wheeling
Poverty rate	2.8%	28.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1960	1961