Ava (Illinois)
Jackson County
17-03103
Ava is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Jackson County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Ava had 654 inhabitants.
Geography
Ava, the largest city in Bradley Township, located at 37 ° 53 'N, 89 ° 30' W37.888333333333 - 89.494722222222 and extends over 3 km ². The village is located approximately 25 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Missouri. The mouth of the Ohio at the intersection of the states of Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky is located 125 km south.
Towns nearby from Ava Campbell Hill are (6,9 km north-west ), Vergennes (17,6 km to the east ) and Oraville ( 11.8 km east-southeast ).
The nearest large towns are St. Louis, Missouri (123 km north-west ), Louisville, Kentucky (370 km east), Tennessee's capital Nashville (371 km south-east ) and Tennessee's largest city of Memphis ( 358 km southwest ).
Traffic
The Illinois State Route 4 leads as the main road from west to east through the city. From these branches at the northern terminus, the Illinois State Route 151 from. All other roads are County Roads, further subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
With the Southern Illinois Airport is located 32.4 kilometers southeast regional airports. The nearest major airport is the Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport (145 km north-west ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Ava 654 people in 134 households. The population density was 218 people per square kilometer. In the 134 households lived statistically 2.3 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent White, 0.3 percent Native American and 0.2 percent (one person) Asians; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 28,359. The per capita income was $ 19,554. 23.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.