Avoca vs South Corning

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

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

South Corning has the higher population (1,010 vs 981 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $59,125 in South Corning). South Corning has the higher median home value ($126,500 vs $91,100 in Avoca).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	South Corning
Population	981	1,010
Median age	40.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$59,125
Median home value	$91,100	$126,500
Median gross rent	$688	$1,295
Housing units	442	545
Homeownership rate	71.1%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	South Corning
Population	951 → 981 (+3.2%)	1,232 → 1,010 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$50,125 → $64,375 (+28.4%)	$55,061 → $59,125 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $91,100 (+9.5%)	$96,500 → $126,500 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $688 (+1.9%)	$1,056 → $1,295 (+22.6%)

Avoca

Population

951981

Median household income

$50,125$64,375

Median home value

$83,200$91,100

Median gross rent

$675$688

South Corning

Population

1,2321,010

Median household income

$55,061$59,125

Median home value

$96,500$126,500

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,295

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	South Corning
Under 5	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.0%
75 and over	6.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	South Corning
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	South Corning
No high school diploma	13.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	36.7%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	South Corning
Drove alone	77.7%	87.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	South Corning
1-unit, detached	69.5%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	South Corning
Poverty rate	15.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1938	1956