ZIP 51521 · Avoca
Who lives in ZIP code 51521 (Avoca, IA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Avoca, IA · Pottawattamie County
uszips 2026
People1,953
Median age45.2
Household income$73,769
Home value$200,870
Median rent$860/mo
Poverty8.9%
College degree+28.0%
Commute23 min
Place
- Metro area
- Omaha, NE-IA
- Wider region
- Omaha-Fremont, NE-IA
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 9 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 878
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
26.5% are 65 or older; 77.8% are adults.
Household income
33.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $44,412.
Education (adults 25+)
31.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
2.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 58.2%
- Never married
- 21.5%
- Divorced
- 14.4%
- Widowed
- 5.8%
- Family size
- 2.86
- Dual-income families
- 49.3%
Housing
- Own their home
- 73.3%
- Rent burden
- 25.4%
- Men / women
- 44% / 56%
Work
- In labor force
- 63.0%
- Unemployment
- 1.0%
- Self-employed
- 16.0%
- Farmers
- 10.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 23.0%
- Veterans
- 9.8%
- With a disability
- 17.7%
- No health insurance
- 2.7%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.