Avon vs Dansville

A side-by-side comparison of Avon and Dansville: population, income, housing, and more.

Avon and Dansville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dansville has the higher population (4,731 vs 3,415 in Avon). Avon has the higher median household income ($72,976 vs $57,500 in Dansville). Avon has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $105,800 in Dansville).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Dansville
Population	3,415	4,731
Median age	40.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,976	$57,500
Median home value	$182,700	$105,800
Median gross rent	$878	$881
Housing units	1,571	2,364
Homeownership rate	64.0%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Dansville
Population	3,260 → 3,415 (+4.8%)	4,586 → 4,731 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$67,259 → $72,976 (+8.5%)	$45,000 → $57,500 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $182,700 (+20.8%)	$87,800 → $105,800 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $878 (+21.9%)	$726 → $881 (+21.3%)

Avon

Population

3,2603,415

Median household income

$67,259$72,976

Median home value

$151,200$182,700

Median gross rent

$720$878

Dansville

Population

4,5864,731

Median household income

$45,000$57,500

Median home value

$87,800$105,800

Median gross rent

$726$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Dansville
Under 5	5.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	12.7%
75 and over	7.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Dansville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Dansville
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	28.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Dansville
Drove alone	80.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.8%
Other means	3.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Dansville
1-unit, detached	65.1%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Dansville
Poverty rate	10.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1953	1938