Ava vs Grand Tower

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

Ava and Grand Tower 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 551 in Grand Tower). Grand Tower has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $57,250 in Ava). Ava has the higher median home value ($86,700 vs $24,500 in Grand Tower).

Population, income & housing

	Ava	Grand Tower
Population	557	551
Median age	35.2 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$59,375
Median home value	$86,700	$24,500
Median gross rent	$658	$700
Housing units	281	245
Homeownership rate	78.7%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ava	Grand Tower
Population	524 → 557 (+6.3%)	565 → 551 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$47,344 → $57,250 (+20.9%)	$44,559 → $59,375 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $86,700 (+35.3%)	$36,700 → $24,500 (-33.2%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $658 (-3.7%)	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)

Ava

Population

524557

Median household income

$47,344$57,250

Median home value

$64,100$86,700

Median gross rent

$683$658

Grand Tower

Population

565551

Median household income

$44,559$59,375

Median home value

$36,700$24,500

Median gross rent

$618$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ava	Grand Tower
Under 5	9.3%	12.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	23.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	8.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.6%
75 and over	9.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ava	Grand Tower
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ava	Grand Tower
No high school diploma	5.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ava	Grand Tower
Drove alone	81.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	16.4%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ava	Grand Tower
1-unit, detached	69.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Ava	Grand Tower
Poverty rate	5.2%	22.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1973	1960