Avoca vs Barneveld

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

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

Barneveld has the higher population (1,485 vs 467 in Avoca). Barneveld has the higher median household income ($112,375 vs $54,500 in Avoca). Barneveld has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $95,000 in Avoca).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Barneveld
Population	467	1,485
Median age	45.6 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,500	$112,375
Median home value	$95,000	$264,400
Median gross rent	$829	$892
Housing units	244	516
Homeownership rate	79.6%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Barneveld
Population	683 → 467 (-31.6%)	1,235 → 1,485 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$41,838 → $54,500 (+30.3%)	$84,028 → $112,375 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $95,000 (+32.9%)	$184,500 → $264,400 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $829 (+18.6%)	$905 → $892 (-1.4%)

Avoca

Population

683467

Median household income

$41,838$54,500

Median home value

$71,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$699$829

Barneveld

Population

1,2351,485

Median household income

$84,028$112,375

Median home value

$184,500$264,400

Median gross rent

$905$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Barneveld
Under 5	7.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	26.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.1%
75 and over	6.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Barneveld
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	6.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Barneveld
No high school diploma	10.6%	1.2%
High school graduate	55.8%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Barneveld
Drove alone	73.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.5%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	9.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Barneveld
1-unit, detached	66.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Barneveld
Poverty rate	22.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1972	1987