Ava vs Elkville

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

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

Elkville has the higher population (781 vs 557 in Ava). Ava has the higher median household income ($57,250 vs $46,600 in Elkville). Ava has the higher median home value ($86,700 vs $74,000 in Elkville).

Population, income & housing

	Ava	Elkville
Population	557	781
Median age	35.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$46,600
Median home value	$86,700	$74,000
Median gross rent	$658	$729
Housing units	281	410
Homeownership rate	78.7%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ava	Elkville
Population	524 → 557 (+6.3%)	829 → 781 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$47,344 → $57,250 (+20.9%)	$39,041 → $46,600 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $86,700 (+35.3%)	$59,700 → $74,000 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $658 (-3.7%)	$575 → $729 (+26.8%)

Ava

Population

524557

Median household income

$47,344$57,250

Median home value

$64,100$86,700

Median gross rent

$683$658

Elkville

Population

829781

Median household income

$39,041$46,600

Median home value

$59,700$74,000

Median gross rent

$575$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ava	Elkville
Under 5	9.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	7.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	15.6%
75 and over	9.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ava	Elkville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ava	Elkville
No high school diploma	5.3%	20.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ava	Elkville
Drove alone	81.3%	85.2%
Carpooled	16.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ava	Elkville
1-unit, detached	69.0%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Ava	Elkville
Poverty rate	5.2%	22.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1973	1966