Ava vs Carbondale

A side-by-side comparison of Ava and Carbondale: population, income, housing, and more.

Ava and Carbondale are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carbondale has the higher population (21,813 vs 557 in Ava). Ava has the higher median household income ($57,250 vs $29,670 in Carbondale). Carbondale has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $86,700 in Ava).

Population, income & housing

	Ava	Carbondale
Population	557	21,813
Median age	35.2 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$29,670
Median home value	$86,700	$124,800
Median gross rent	$658	$750
Housing units	281	12,275
Homeownership rate	78.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ava	Carbondale
Population	524 → 557 (+6.3%)	25,597 → 21,813 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$47,344 → $57,250 (+20.9%)	$22,152 → $29,670 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $86,700 (+35.3%)	$117,500 → $124,800 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $658 (-3.7%)	$714 → $750 (+5.0%)

Ava

Population

524557

Median household income

$47,344$57,250

Median home value

$64,100$86,700

Median gross rent

$683$658

Carbondale

Population

25,59721,813

Median household income

$22,152$29,670

Median home value

$117,500$124,800

Median gross rent

$714$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ava	Carbondale
Under 5	9.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	9.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	37.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.8%
75 and over	9.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ava	Carbondale
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	55.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	27.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ava	Carbondale
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	39.5%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ava	Carbondale
Drove alone	81.3%	64.0%
Carpooled	16.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	1.9%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.5%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ava	Carbondale
1-unit, detached	69.0%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	23.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Ava	Carbondale
Poverty rate	5.2%	36.9%
Average household size	2.42	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	31	15
Median year structure built	1973	1976