Ashley vs Avoca

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

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

Ashley has the higher population (2,599 vs 2,523 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median household income ($68,103 vs $46,655 in Ashley). Avoca has the higher median home value ($166,600 vs $82,800 in Ashley).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley	Avoca
Population	2,599	2,523
Median age	38.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,655	$68,103
Median home value	$82,800	$166,600
Median gross rent	$897	$987
Housing units	1,262	1,225
Homeownership rate	60.7%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley	Avoca
Population	2,731 → 2,599 (-4.8%)	2,623 → 2,523 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$34,224 → $46,655 (+36.3%)	$64,338 → $68,103 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $82,800 (+28.2%)	$112,600 → $166,600 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $897 (+21.7%)	$745 → $987 (+32.5%)

Ashley

Population

2,7312,599

Median household income

$34,224$46,655

Median home value

$64,600$82,800

Median gross rent

$737$897

Avoca

Population

2,6232,523

Median household income

$64,338$68,103

Median home value

$112,600$166,600

Median gross rent

$745$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley	Avoca
Under 5	12.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	5.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.7%
75 and over	9.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley	Avoca
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	94.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley	Avoca
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	45.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley	Avoca
Drove alone	82.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.8%	2.9%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley	Avoca
1-unit, detached	38.5%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	19.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashley	Avoca
Poverty rate	38.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938