Avoca vs Murdock

A side-by-side comparison of Avoca and Murdock: population, income, housing, and more.

Avoca and Murdock are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Murdock has the higher population (235 vs 186 in Avoca). Murdock has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $71,563 in Avoca). Murdock has the higher median home value ($178,600 vs $142,700 in Avoca).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Murdock
Population	186	235
Median age	40.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,563	$76,250
Median home value	$142,700	$178,600
Median gross rent	$900	$950
Housing units	90	106
Homeownership rate	84.0%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Murdock
Population	281 → 186 (-33.8%)	185 → 235 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $71,563 (+20.5%)	$50,000 → $76,250 (+52.5%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $142,700 (+50.2%)	$129,200 → $178,600 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $900 (+42.2%)	$731 → $950 (+30.0%)

Avoca

Population

281186

Median household income

$59,375$71,563

Median home value

$95,000$142,700

Median gross rent

$633$900

Murdock

Population

185235

Median household income

$50,000$76,250

Median home value

$129,200$178,600

Median gross rent

$731$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Murdock
Under 5	7.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	13.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.6%
75 and over	2.2%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Murdock
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Murdock
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	46.0%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Murdock
Drove alone	90.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	1.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Murdock
1-unit, detached	92.2%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Murdock
Poverty rate	12.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1938	1950