Ashdown vs Wilton

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

Ashdown and Wilton 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 273 in Wilton). Ashdown has the higher median household income ($47,398 vs $37,361 in Wilton). Ashdown has the higher median home value ($130,900 vs $90,300 in Wilton).

Population, income & housing

	Ashdown	Wilton
Population	4,225	273
Median age	38.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,398	$37,361
Median home value	$130,900	$90,300
Median gross rent	$836	$967
Housing units	1,985	159
Homeownership rate	73.7%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashdown	Wilton
Population	4,425 → 4,225 (-4.5%)	274 → 273 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$29,726 → $47,398 (+59.4%)	$42,679 → $37,361 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $130,900 (+67.8%)	$58,800 → $90,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $836 (+40.3%)	$775 → $967 (+24.8%)

Ashdown

Population

4,4254,225

Median household income

$29,726$47,398

Median home value

$78,000$130,900

Median gross rent

$596$836

Wilton

Population

274273

Median household income

$42,679$37,361

Median home value

$58,800$90,300

Median gross rent

$775$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashdown	Wilton
Under 5	6.2%	11.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.9%
75 and over	10.7%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashdown	Wilton
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	65.2%
Black or African American	36.0%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	15.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashdown	Wilton
No high school diploma	5.7%	28.5%
High school graduate	43.7%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashdown	Wilton
Drove alone	77.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	16.5%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashdown	Wilton
1-unit, detached	86.1%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	29.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashdown	Wilton
Poverty rate	25.8%	41.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1977	1979