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Ashland city, Ashland County, WI

7,902 Population
13.3 square miles 591.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ashland County: 43.1 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,135 ±$2,223 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ashland County: $33,580 ±$1,524
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,529 ±$7,011 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ashland County: $62,462 ±$5,140
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±4% (1,306  ±294) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ashland County: 13.4% † 2,067 (±2.1% / ±327)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.5 minutes ±1.5 (47,800  ±6,310) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ashland County: 17.8 120,280 (±1 / ±8,424)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,399 ±143 Number of households
  • Ashland County: 6,832 ±222
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (7,334  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ashland County: 2.3 15,475 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.8% ±4.4% (152  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ashland County: 7% † 230 (±2.6% / ±86)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,830 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Ashland County: 9,445 ±89
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$176,400 ±$9,984 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ashland County: $170,300 ±$5,974
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±3% (950  ±236.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ashland County: 9% † 1,429 (±1.7% / ±269)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±7.1% (5,225  ±405.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ashland County: 95.5% 10,771 (±4% / ±458.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.5% ±3.8% (1,605  ±209.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ashland County: 24.5% 2,767 (±2.1% / ±235.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.1% ±1.2% (246  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ashland County: 2.2% 349
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±2.3% (591  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ashland County: 8% † 1,025 (±1.2% / ±157)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
591 Total veterans ±148 535 Male ±141 56 Female ±43

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