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Avoca city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Avoca city is a Census city of 1,444 people across 2.38 square miles of land, in Pottawattamie County. Median household income is $73,056, 68.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $762,600.
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Avoca
What Avoca is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.38 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land606
- County holding the largest share of its areaPottawattamie County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Avoca
How many people live in Avoca
- Population1,444
- Median age49.3
- Population under 18262 plus or minus 54
- Share under 1818.1 percent
- Population 65 and over410 plus or minus 83
- Share 65 and over28.4 percent
- Households706
- Family households394
- Share of households that are families55.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Avoca
Income and work in Avoca
- Median household income$73,056
- Per capita income$49,273
- Civilian labor force760
- Employed750
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate1.3 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over1,073
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Avoca
Housing in Avoca
- Housing units774
- Occupied units706
- Vacant units68 plus or minus 35
- Vacancy rate8.8 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied480
- Renter occupied226 plus or minus 70
- Ownership rate68.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$173,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$850
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.0 percent
- Single family units673
- Share single family87.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more87 plus or minus 42
- Share in buildings of two or more11.2 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 13
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Avoca
How Avoca gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute685
- Commuting under 15 minutes288 plus or minus 72
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.0 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more274 plus or minus 67
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.0 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Drove alone89.2 percent
- Carpooled3.7 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home7.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Avoca
SBA loans in Avoca (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$762,600
- Average approval$254,200
- Median approval$60,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$677,600
- Largest approval$677,600
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Avoca
SBA loans in Avoca (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$881,000
- Average approval$440,500
- Median approval$750,000
- Largest approval$750,000
- Jobs supported9
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pottawattamie County, not Avoca
Pottawattamie County context, not Avoca figures
These are Pottawattamie County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Avoca measurements.
- Establishments in Pottawattamie County1,920
- Employment at those establishments, Pottawattamie County32,384
- Covered employment, Pottawattamie County41,403
- Average annual pay, Pottawattamie County$56,397
- Average weekly wage, Pottawattamie County$1,085
- Housing units permitted, Pottawattamie County681
- Of those, single family, Pottawattamie County105
- County product, 2024, Pottawattamie County$6,263,240,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pottawattamie County6.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pottawattamie County$49,744
Every figure in this section is published for Pottawattamie County as a whole and is not a measurement of Avoca. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Avoca questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Avoca, Iowa?
1,444, in 706 households. Avoca city covers 2.38 square miles of land, which is 606 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Avoca in?
Pottawattamie County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Avoca?
$73,056. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $173,800. Median gross rent is $850 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Avoca businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $762,600, across 3 lenders, median approval $60,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $881,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Avoca, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Avoca borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Avoca. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Avoca figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pottawattamie County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Avoca.
Is zoning published for Avoca?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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