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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ava is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.58% of the Ava workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ava is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ava who work in office and administrative support (15.59%), sales jobs (11.53%), and healthcare suport services (9.13%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.04% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Ava’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.18 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small city, Ava does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Ava is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.07% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Ava in 2022 was $30,349, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,396 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.
