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Ashland, AL

1,779 Population
7.3 square miles 242.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±10.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 43.8 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$27,891 ±$8,445 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Clay County: $29,268 ±$2,618
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$41,875 ±$23,759 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Clay County: $51,852 ±$3,549
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

29.4% ±14.6% (487  ±266) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 16.6% † 2,295 (±3.8% / ±522)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

24.3 minutes ±6 (16,045  ±5,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 27.2 † 141,890 (±3.2 / ±18,925)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

788 ±149 Number of households
  • Clay County: 5,765 ±262
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.1 ±0.3 (1,652  ±383) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 2.4 13,943 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

3.3% ±3.8% (15  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 5.7% † 169 (±3.7% / ±109)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

899 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 7,072 ±24
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$173,900 ±$74,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $144,700 † ±$19,985
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

20.6% ±12.7% (366  ±239) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Clay County: 7.6% † 1,075 (±2.6% / ±365.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

79.1% ±8.9% (1,046  ±213.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Clay County: 82.8% 8,490 (±5.4% / ±569.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
18.8% ±7.5% (249  ±107.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 15.2% † 1,563 (±2.5% / ±259.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±1.3% (23  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 1.1% 154
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

1.4% ±1.2% (20  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Clay County: 6.1% † 688 (±1.4% / ±151)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
20 Total veterans ±18 20 Male ±18 N/A Female ±13

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