Ashland vs Lineville

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

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

Lineville has the higher population (2,636 vs 1,779 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median household income ($41,875 vs $37,396 in Lineville). Ashland has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $146,300 in Lineville).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Lineville
Population	1,779	2,636
Median age	43.5 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$37,396
Median home value	$173,900	$146,300
Median gross rent	$352	$611
Housing units	899	1,495
Homeownership rate	55.6%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Lineville
Population	1,447 → 1,779 (+22.9%)	2,332 → 2,636 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$19,154 → $41,875 (+118.6%)	$34,099 → $37,396 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $173,900 (+97.8%)	$130,100 → $146,300 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$365 → $352 (-3.6%)	$555 → $611 (+10.1%)

Ashland

Population

1,4471,779

Median household income

$19,154$41,875

Median home value

$87,900$173,900

Median gross rent

$365$352

Lineville

Population

2,3322,636

Median household income

$34,099$37,396

Median home value

$130,100$146,300

Median gross rent

$555$611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Lineville
Under 5	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	22.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.3%
75 and over	9.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Lineville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	53.9%
Black or African American	18.2%	40.0%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Lineville
No high school diploma	20.9%	17.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Lineville
Drove alone	89.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.0%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Lineville
1-unit, detached	62.3%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Lineville
Poverty rate	29.4%	29.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1981	1972