Ava vs Dowell

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

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

Ava has the higher population (557 vs 287 in Dowell). Ava has the higher median household income ($57,250 vs $51,625 in Dowell). Ava has the higher median home value ($86,700 vs $42,100 in Dowell).

Population, income & housing

	Ava	Dowell
Population	557	287
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$51,625
Median home value	$86,700	$42,100
Median gross rent	$658	—
Housing units	281	154
Homeownership rate	78.7%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ava	Dowell
Population	524 → 557 (+6.3%)	428 → 287 (-32.9%)
Median household income	$47,344 → $57,250 (+20.9%)	$35,781 → $51,625 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $86,700 (+35.3%)	$37,900 → $42,100 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $658 (-3.7%)	$768 → $800 (+4.2%)

Ava

Population

524557

Median household income

$47,344$57,250

Median home value

$64,100$86,700

Median gross rent

$683$658

Dowell

Population

428287

Median household income

$35,781$51,625

Median home value

$37,900$42,100

Median gross rent

$768$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ava	Dowell
Under 5	9.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.8%
75 and over	9.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ava	Dowell
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ava	Dowell
No high school diploma	5.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ava	Dowell
Drove alone	81.3%	89.9%
Carpooled	16.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ava	Dowell
1-unit, detached	69.0%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	41.6%

Poverty & households

	Ava	Dowell
Poverty rate	5.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1973	1966