Missouri · Census place 2902674

Ava, Missouri

Ava is a city in Douglas County, Missouri with an estimated 3,184 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 181st largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,184
#181 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+9.7%
+281 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
959 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Ava. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Ava population, 2020 to 2024

Ava added 281 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.7%. In the latest year it moved by +27.

2,90320202,94120213,05020223,15720233,1842024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,894. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ava covers 3.32 square miles of land, for 959 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Ava is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ava is in

All of Ava's residents live in Douglas County, which had 12,290 residents in 2024. Ava holds 25.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ava

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ava by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65608. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ava is

The Census internal point of Ava is at 36.956200, -92.666000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 115.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rogersville, MO (5,344 people), 25.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 38.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.956200, -92.666000
DMS
36°57'22.32"N 92°39'57.60"W
UTM
15N 529735.1E 4090065.6N
Geohash
9yw45rdtm
Plus code
8689X84M+FJ

Daylight in Ava

At 36.96° N, Ava gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ava

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Mansfield, 11.6 miles away, with 1,298 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ava, MO?

3,184 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 281 (9.7%) from 2,903 in July 2020.

What county is Ava in?

Douglas County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ava?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65608.

How far is Ava from Jefferson City?

115.3 miles (185.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Ava.

What is the nearest larger city to Ava?

Rogersville, MO, with 5,344 residents, 25.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.