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Ashland, KY

21,295 Population
10.7 square miles 1,983.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 41.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,025 ±$2,062 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $33,619 ±$723
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$52,715 ±$5,321 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $60,078 ±$1,323
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

22.4% ±3% (4,725  ±642) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 16.6% 59,998 (±0.6% / ±2,273)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

20.9 minutes ±1.9 (170,425  ±19,911) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 24.3 3,440,910 (±0.5 / ±83,443)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

9,439 ±310 Number of households
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 152,165 ±1,127
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.2 ±0.1 (21,030  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 2.4 361,729 (±0 / ±78)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

6.5% ±1.9% (321  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 4.9% † 3,932 (±0.5% / ±432)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

10,646 ±321 Number of housing units
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 173,725 ±132
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$125,000 ±$8,519 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $154,700 ±$2,991
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

16.4% ±3.1% (3,450  ±643.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 10.5% 38,694 (±0.5% / ±1,932)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

92% ±5.2% (13,776  ±837) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 89.7% 232,718 (±1.4% / ±3,599)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
24.8% ±3.3% (3,714  ±494.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 23.5% 60,881 (±0.7% / ±1,782)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

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

1.8% ±0.9% (387  ±197) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 1.2% 4,610
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

8.7% ±1.8% (1,448  ±301) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 7.4% 21,634 (±0.3% / ±975)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
1,448 Total veterans ±301 1,330 Male ±269 118 Female ±71

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