Ashland vs Delta

A side-by-side comparison of Ashland and Delta: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashland and Delta are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashland has the higher population (1,779 vs 233 in Delta). Since 2019, Ashland's population has grown faster (+22.9% vs -17.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Delta
Population	1,779	233
Median age	43.5 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	—
Median home value	$173,900	—
Median gross rent	$352	—
Housing units	899	109
Homeownership rate	55.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Delta
Population	1,447 → 1,779 (+22.9%)	282 → 233 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$19,154 → $41,875 (+118.6%)	—
Median home value	$87,900 → $173,900 (+97.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$365 → $352 (-3.6%)	—

Ashland

Population

1,4471,779

Median household income

$19,154$41,875

Median home value

$87,900$173,900

Median gross rent

$365$352

Delta

Population

282233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Delta
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	26.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	30.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.8%	33.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.7%
75 and over	9.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Delta
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	18.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Delta
No high school diploma	20.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Delta
Drove alone	89.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	0.0%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Delta
1-unit, detached	62.3%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Delta
Poverty rate	29.4%	41.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1981	1982