Ashdown vs Foreman

A side-by-side comparison of Ashdown and Foreman: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashdown and Foreman are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashdown has the higher population (4,225 vs 942 in Foreman). Ashdown has the higher median household income ($47,398 vs $39,833 in Foreman). Ashdown has the higher median home value ($130,900 vs $88,300 in Foreman).

Population, income & housing

	Ashdown	Foreman
Population	4,225	942
Median age	38.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,398	$39,833
Median home value	$130,900	$88,300
Median gross rent	$836	$633
Housing units	1,985	569
Homeownership rate	73.7%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashdown	Foreman
Population	4,425 → 4,225 (-4.5%)	1,165 → 942 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$29,726 → $47,398 (+59.4%)	$29,773 → $39,833 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $130,900 (+67.8%)	$49,000 → $88,300 (+80.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $836 (+40.3%)	$416 → $633 (+52.2%)

Ashdown

Population

4,4254,225

Median household income

$29,726$47,398

Median home value

$78,000$130,900

Median gross rent

$596$836

Foreman

Population

1,165942

Median household income

$29,773$39,833

Median home value

$49,000$88,300

Median gross rent

$416$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashdown	Foreman
Under 5	6.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.4%
75 and over	10.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashdown	Foreman
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	62.7%
Black or African American	36.0%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashdown	Foreman
No high school diploma	5.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	43.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashdown	Foreman
Drove alone	77.1%	92.1%
Carpooled	16.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashdown	Foreman
1-unit, detached	86.1%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Ashdown	Foreman
Poverty rate	25.8%	24.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1977	1976