Ashland vs Hollins

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

Ashland and Hollins 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 597 in Hollins). Ashland has the higher median household income ($41,875 vs $40,550 in Hollins). Ashland has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $113,400 in Hollins).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Hollins
Population	1,779	597
Median age	43.5 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$40,550
Median home value	$173,900	$113,400
Median gross rent	$352	—
Housing units	899	289
Homeownership rate	55.6%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Hollins
Population	1,447 → 1,779 (+22.9%)	797 → 597 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$19,154 → $41,875 (+118.6%)	$38,750 → $40,550 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $173,900 (+97.8%)	$66,700 → $113,400 (+70.0%)
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

Hollins

Population

797597

Median household income

$38,750$40,550

Median home value

$66,700$113,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Hollins
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	2.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	16.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	24.3%
75 and over	9.7%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Hollins
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	18.2%	5.2%
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%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Hollins
No high school diploma	20.9%	14.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Hollins
Drove alone	89.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.4%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	10.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Hollins
1-unit, detached	62.3%	73.7%
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%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Hollins
Poverty rate	29.4%	15.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	43
Median year structure built	1981	1991