Avondale, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Avondale city is a very small community in Missouri, with 322 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #632 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 41% of them. The median age here is 44.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Avondale city earn a median of $48,750 a year, 37.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 13.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Avondale city is valued at $142,300, 53.1% below the national figure and 7% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,342 a month, 4.6% below the national figure, or roughly $16,104 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 33% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Avondale city is the unusual combination of expensive to rent and cheap to buy: rent takes 33% of median income while homes cost only 2.9× it. Where that pattern shows up, the gap is normally down to down-payment and credit barriers rather than price. With 322 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Avondale city against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.