Avon vs Oberlin

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

Avon and Oberlin 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 8,054 in Oberlin). Avon has the higher median household income ($126,618 vs $73,775 in Oberlin). Avon has the higher median home value ($377,100 vs $207,500 in Oberlin).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Oberlin
Population	25,082	8,054
Median age	41.2 yrs	24.2 yrs
Median household income	$126,618	$73,775
Median home value	$377,100	$207,500
Median gross rent	$1,446	$982
Housing units	9,782	2,635
Homeownership rate	88.2%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Oberlin
Population	22,999 → 25,082 (+9.1%)	8,296 → 8,054 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$109,916 → $126,618 (+15.2%)	$50,509 → $73,775 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $377,100 (+27.0%)	$160,900 → $207,500 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,235 → $1,446 (+17.1%)	$833 → $982 (+17.9%)

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

Oberlin

Population

8,2968,054

Median household income

$50,509$73,775

Median home value

$160,900$207,500

Median gross rent

$833$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Oberlin
Under 5	5.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	39.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	6.8%
45 to 54	17.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.7%
75 and over	7.7%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Oberlin
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	68.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Oberlin
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	16.3%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Oberlin
Drove alone	76.0%	45.8%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.6%	30.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	21.4%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Oberlin
1-unit, detached	78.0%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Oberlin
Poverty rate	3.8%	18.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	2001	1968