Ava vs Murphysboro

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

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

Murphysboro has the higher population (6,804 vs 557 in Ava). Ava has the higher median household income ($57,250 vs $42,367 in Murphysboro). Ava has the higher median home value ($86,700 vs $79,600 in Murphysboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ava	Murphysboro
Population	557	6,804
Median age	35.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$42,367
Median home value	$86,700	$79,600
Median gross rent	$658	$655
Housing units	281	3,930
Homeownership rate	78.7%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ava	Murphysboro
Population	524 → 557 (+6.3%)	7,757 → 6,804 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$47,344 → $57,250 (+20.9%)	$36,184 → $42,367 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $86,700 (+35.3%)	$70,500 → $79,600 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $658 (-3.7%)	$594 → $655 (+10.3%)

Ava

Population

524557

Median household income

$47,344$57,250

Median home value

$64,100$86,700

Median gross rent

$683$658

Murphysboro

Population

7,7576,804

Median household income

$36,184$42,367

Median home value

$70,500$79,600

Median gross rent

$594$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ava	Murphysboro
Under 5	9.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	7.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.4%
75 and over	9.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ava	Murphysboro
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	13.7%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ava	Murphysboro
No high school diploma	5.3%	11.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ava	Murphysboro
Drove alone	81.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ava	Murphysboro
1-unit, detached	69.0%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Ava	Murphysboro
Poverty rate	5.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.42	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1973	1963