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Ava city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Ava city is a Census city of 3,045 people across 3.32 square miles of land, in Douglas County. Median household income is $42,500, 54.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.8 m.
76 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Ava
What Ava is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.32 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land917
- County holding the largest share of its areaDouglas County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ava
How many people live in Ava
- Population3,045
- Median age34.9
- Population under 18821 plus or minus 166
- Share under 1827.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over621 plus or minus 136
- Share 65 and over20.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Households1,116
- Family households756
- Share of households that are families67.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ava
Income and work in Ava
- Median household income$42,500 plus or minus $11,889
- Per capita income$30,349 plus or minus $14,540
- Civilian labor force1,150
- Employed1,084
- Unemployed66 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over1,956
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.1 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ava
Housing in Ava
- Housing units1,227
- Occupied units1,116
- Vacant units111 plus or minus 80
- Vacancy rate9.0 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied611
- Renter occupied505 plus or minus 125
- Ownership rate54.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$148,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$696
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Single family units975
- Share single family79.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more163 plus or minus 81
- Share in buildings of two or more13.3 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes73 plus or minus 60
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Ava gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute966 plus or minus 194
- Commuting under 15 minutes559 plus or minus 162
- Share commuting under 15 minutes57.9 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more187 plus or minus 84
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.4 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Drove alone83.5 percent
- Carpooled6.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home9.0 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ava
SBA loans in Ava (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$5,797,100
- Average approval$579,710
- Median approval$362,400
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,610,700
- Largest approval$2,610,700
- Jobs supported82
- Jobs per approval8.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ava
SBA loans in Ava (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$293,000
- Average approval$293,000
- Median approval$293,000
- Largest approval$293,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Douglas County, not Ava
Douglas County context, not Ava figures
These are Douglas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ava measurements.
- Establishments in Douglas County224
- Employment at those establishments, Douglas County2,380
- Covered employment, Douglas County2,558
- Average annual pay, Douglas County$37,095
- Average weekly wage, Douglas County$713
- Housing units permitted, Douglas County21
- Of those, single family, Douglas County8
- County product, 2024, Douglas County$286,164,000
- County product change over the prior year, Douglas County4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Douglas County$52,889
Every figure in this section is published for Douglas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ava. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ava questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ava, Missouri?
3,045, in 1,116 households. Ava city covers 3.32 square miles of land, which is 917 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ava in?
Douglas County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ava?
$42,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $148,000. Median gross rent is $696 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ava businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $5.8 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $362,400, plus 1 504 approvals worth $293,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ava, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ava borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ava. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Ava figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Douglas County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ava.
Is zoning published for Ava?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.