Avoca vs Nehawka

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

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

Avoca has the higher population (186 vs 167 in Nehawka). Nehawka has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $71,563 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median home value ($142,700 vs $116,800 in Nehawka).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Nehawka
Population	186	167
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,563	$86,250
Median home value	$142,700	$116,800
Median gross rent	$900	$1,083
Housing units	90	70
Homeownership rate	84.0%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Nehawka
Population	281 → 186 (-33.8%)	186 → 167 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $71,563 (+20.5%)	$57,500 → $86,250 (+50.0%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $142,700 (+50.2%)	$86,100 → $116,800 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $900 (+42.2%)	$1,375 → $1,083 (-21.2%)

Avoca

Population

281186

Median household income

$59,375$71,563

Median home value

$95,000$142,700

Median gross rent

$633$900

Nehawka

Population

186167

Median household income

$57,500$86,250

Median home value

$86,100$116,800

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Nehawka
Under 5	7.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	27.5%
18 to 24	13.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.4%
75 and over	2.2%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Nehawka
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Nehawka
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	46.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Nehawka
Drove alone	90.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.5%
Other means	2.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Nehawka
1-unit, detached	92.2%	82.9%
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	7.8%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Nehawka
Poverty rate	12.2%	1.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1938	1953