Ava is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 3,184 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ava is the 211th largest community in Missouri.Ava is a blue-collar town, with 40.52% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Ava is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ava who work in office and administrative support (13.31%), healthcare suport services (11.69%), and management occupations (9.87%). Overall, Ava’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. One of the benefits of Ava is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.57 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.In terms of college education, the citizens of Ava rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.31% of adults 25 and older in Ava have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Ava in 2022 was $27,956, which is middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,824 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, English, Irish, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Ava is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and African languages.
