Avoca vs Highland

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

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

Highland has the higher population (934 vs 467 in Avoca). Highland has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $54,500 in Avoca). Highland has the higher median home value ($146,200 vs $95,000 in Avoca).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Highland
Population	467	934
Median age	45.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,500	$65,179
Median home value	$95,000	$146,200
Median gross rent	$829	$657
Housing units	244	428
Homeownership rate	79.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Highland
Population	683 → 467 (-31.6%)	966 → 934 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$41,838 → $54,500 (+30.3%)	$57,250 → $65,179 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $95,000 (+32.9%)	$111,800 → $146,200 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $829 (+18.6%)	$606 → $657 (+8.4%)

Avoca

Population

683467

Median household income

$41,838$54,500

Median home value

$71,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$699$829

Highland

Population

966934

Median household income

$57,250$65,179

Median home value

$111,800$146,200

Median gross rent

$606$657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoca	Highland
Under 5	7.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.8%
75 and over	6.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	95.5%
Black or African American	6.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Highland
No high school diploma	10.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	55.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Highland
Drove alone	73.6%	82.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Highland
1-unit, detached	66.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Highland
Poverty rate	22.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1972	1969