Ava vs De Soto

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

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

De Soto has the higher population (1,701 vs 557 in Ava). Ava has the higher median household income ($57,250 vs $52,131 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $86,700 in Ava).

Population, income & housing

	Ava	De Soto
Population	557	1,701
Median age	35.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$52,131
Median home value	$86,700	$88,800
Median gross rent	$658	$749
Housing units	281	812
Homeownership rate	78.7%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ava	De Soto
Population	524 → 557 (+6.3%)	1,697 → 1,701 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$47,344 → $57,250 (+20.9%)	$43,333 → $52,131 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $86,700 (+35.3%)	$81,100 → $88,800 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $658 (-3.7%)	$631 → $749 (+18.7%)

Ava

Population

524557

Median household income

$47,344$57,250

Median home value

$64,100$86,700

Median gross rent

$683$658

De Soto

Population

1,6971,701

Median household income

$43,333$52,131

Median home value

$81,100$88,800

Median gross rent

$631$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ava	De Soto
Under 5	9.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	22.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	17.9%
55 to 64	7.7%	6.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.1%
75 and over	9.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ava	De Soto
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ava	De Soto
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ava	De Soto
Drove alone	81.3%	76.9%
Carpooled	16.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ava	De Soto
1-unit, detached	69.0%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Ava	De Soto
Poverty rate	5.2%	16.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1973	1978