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Ashland, WI

7,884 Population
13.4 square miles 590 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ashland County: 43.1 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,817 ±$2,651 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ashland County: $31,803 ±$1,544
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$49,258 ±$4,160 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ashland County: $57,645 ±$4,291
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

24.1% ±5.1% (1,760  ±372) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ashland County: 16.4% † 2,525 (±2.5% / ±390)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

12.7 minutes ±1.8 (44,715  ±7,393) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ashland County: 17.4 117,970 (±1.3 / ±10,260)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

3,411 ±140 Number of households
  • Ashland County: 6,847 ±175
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.1 ±0.1 (7,302  ±49) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ashland County: 2.3 15,438 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

11.7% ±5.1% (194  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ashland County: 9.1% † 291 (±2.8% / ±89)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

3,830 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Ashland County: 9,402 ±54
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$162,200 ±$9,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ashland County: $160,500 ±$6,660
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

16.1% ±3.9% (1,247  ±298.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ashland County: 10.9% † 1,730 (±2% / ±309.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

95.6% ±7.2% (5,154  ±406.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ashland County: 95.2% 10,654 (±4.1% / ±457.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
25.9% ±3.8% (1,394  ±209.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ashland County: 22.1% 2,474 (±2.1% / ±233)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

2% ±1% (161  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ashland County: 1.9% 300
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.7% ±2% (553  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ashland County: 8.2% † 1,034 (±1.1% / ±143)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
553 Total veterans ±127 507 Male ±125 46 Female ±34

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