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.When you are in Ava, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.07% of Ava’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. 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%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ava has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ava has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ava than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ava may be for you. 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. Being a small city, Ava does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.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.
