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Ashland, MO

3,956 Population
5.9 square miles 666.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 32.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$33,071 ±$5,001 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $31,056 ±$811
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $31,839 ±$172
$78,085 ±$3,959 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $57,980 ±$1,876
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $57,290 ±$288

4.3% ±3.2% (166  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 16.3% 31,860 (±1.1% / ±2,137)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 13% 772,992 (±0.2% / ±11,899)

20.5 minutes ±4.5 (44,520  ±6,680) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 19.6 1,945,805 (±0.7 / ±76,622)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.9 64,720,065 (±0.1 / ±370,998)

Families

1,693 ±156 Number of households
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 81,721 ±914
  • Missouri: 2,440,212 ±6,698
2.3 ±0.2 (3,872  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 2.4 196,011 (±0 / ±774)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,951,584 (±0)

3.1% ±4.2% (32  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 4.9% † 2,803 (±1.1% / ±624)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.7% 79,022 (±0.1% / ±1,934)

Housing

1,752 ±158 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 90,461 ±330
  • Missouri: 2,804,664 ±1,027

$196,900 ±$21,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $189,900 ±$5,080
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $163,600 ±$597

20.8% ±10.2% (822  ±402.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 20.7% 42,403 (±1.3% / ±2,627.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 14.5% 874,883 (±0.2% / ±10,846.6)

Social

88.7% ±12% (2,453  ±393) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 93.8% 119,541 (±2.1% / ±2,649.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 90.6% 3,783,747 (±0.4% / ±14,640)
27.6% ±7.3% (762  ±212.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 44.4% 56,527 (±1.5% / ±1,846.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 29.9% 1,250,584 (±0.2% / ±8,402.8)

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

1.5% ±1.5% (58  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.9% 12,169 (±0.5% / ±935)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 256,336 (±0.1% / ±4,733)

7.1% ±3.6% (213  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 6.7% 11,078 (±0.4% / ±707)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 8.3% 391,513 (±0.1% / ±4,047)
213 Total veterans ±108 175 Male ±96 38 Female ±42

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