Amherst vs Avon

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

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

Avon has the higher population (25,082 vs 12,796 in Amherst). Avon has the higher median household income ($126,618 vs $93,043 in Amherst). Avon has the higher median home value ($377,100 vs $222,700 in Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Avon
Population	12,796	25,082
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,043	$126,618
Median home value	$222,700	$377,100
Median gross rent	$832	$1,446
Housing units	5,081	9,782
Homeownership rate	87.7%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Avon
Population	12,108 → 12,796 (+5.7%)	22,999 → 25,082 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$71,775 → $93,043 (+29.6%)	$109,916 → $126,618 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $222,700 (+35.3%)	$296,900 → $377,100 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $832 (+6.1%)	$1,235 → $1,446 (+17.1%)

Amherst

Population

12,10812,796

Median household income

$71,775$93,043

Median home value

$164,600$222,700

Median gross rent

$784$832

Avon

Population

22,99925,082

Median household income

$109,916$126,618

Median home value

$296,900$377,100

Median gross rent

$1,235$1,446

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Avon
Under 5	4.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	17.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.2%
75 and over	9.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Avon
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Avon
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Avon
Drove alone	79.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	21.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Avon
1-unit, detached	87.1%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Avon
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1971	2001