Ava is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 3,052 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ava is the 211th largest community in Missouri.Ava is a blue-collar town, with 39.07% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Ava is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ava who work in office and administrative support (15.57%), management occupations (10.25%), and healthcare suport services (9.09%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ava has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ava a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One of the benefits of Ava is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.61 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Ava is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Ava with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.48% of adults in Ava have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ava in 2022 was $24,280, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,120 for a family of four. However, Ava contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Ava home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ava residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ava include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Ava is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
