Avoca vs West Wyoming

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

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

West Wyoming has the higher population (2,653 vs 2,523 in Avoca). Avoca has the higher median household income ($68,103 vs $63,304 in West Wyoming). Avoca has the higher median home value ($166,600 vs $156,400 in West Wyoming).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	West Wyoming
Population	2,523	2,653
Median age	46.4 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,103	$63,304
Median home value	$166,600	$156,400
Median gross rent	$987	$1,002
Housing units	1,225	1,316
Homeownership rate	77.1%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	West Wyoming
Population	2,623 → 2,523 (-3.8%)	2,686 → 2,653 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$64,338 → $68,103 (+5.9%)	$69,135 → $63,304 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $166,600 (+48.0%)	$144,900 → $156,400 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $987 (+32.5%)	$760 → $1,002 (+31.8%)

Avoca

Population

2,6232,523

Median household income

$64,338$68,103

Median home value

$112,600$166,600

Median gross rent

$745$987

West Wyoming

Population

2,6862,653

Median household income

$69,135$63,304

Median home value

$144,900$156,400

Median gross rent

$760$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	West Wyoming
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.2%
75 and over	11.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	West Wyoming
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	West Wyoming
No high school diploma	2.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	42.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	West Wyoming
Drove alone	76.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.0%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	West Wyoming
1-unit, detached	73.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	West Wyoming
Poverty rate	6.4%	12.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1938	1957