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Avoca, Wisconsin.

. Madison, WI metro.

What it costs per month · Avoca $1,770/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$994 (+128%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Wisconsin $1,770 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Wisconsin$1,770
  • United States$1,922

Living in Avoca, Iowa County, Wisconsin

Avoca is a village of 553 people in Iowa County. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Iowa County was 2.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Iowa County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 553 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Avoca for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 2.6% Iowa County, August 2026; 2.5% a year before
Homes 80% lived in by their owners; 20% rented

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Avoca is a small village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Few adults here hold a four-year degree, and more households live below the poverty line than is typical across the country. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Over a year the village gets a fair amount of rain and melted snow.

Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing and in the building trades. Across Iowa County, some of the largest workplaces are Upland Hills Health, Meister Cheese Company and the Dodgeville School District. Commutes tend to be long, and few people work from home.

Things to do. Bear Creek, a river, is a short drive away. For a longer drive, Tower Hill State Park is a protected area, Eagle Cave is a tourist attraction, and Little Norway, Wisconsin is a museum.

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  • 201households
  • 4%of adults have a degree
  • 20%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What people in Iowa County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Manufacturing14%
  • Building trades9%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Farming, forestry and mining8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Iowa County had 10,719 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 28° and 10°; warmest in July, 83° and 61° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 28° 10° F M A M J J 83° 61° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 28° and 10°; warmest in July, 83° and 61° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 28° 10° F M A M J J 83° 61° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 61°. About 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lone Rock Tri County Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Iowa County

  1. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters311
  2. Upland Hills HealthCritical access hospital310FTE
  3. Quality Liquid Feeds - CorporateCorporate offices233
  4. Meister Cheese CompanyCheese manufacturing174
  5. Dodgeville School DistrictSchool district164FTE
  6. Mineral Point Unified School DistrictSchool district128FTE
  7. Iowa-Grant School DistrictSchool district100FTE
  8. UPSCouriers and express delivery services87

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 27 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,193 people in all across the county; Avoca has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  2. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Iowa County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Iowa County and the Madison, WI metro.

Avoca home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Avoca address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Avoca — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.