Ashland vs Cherryland

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (22,784 vs 14,575 in Cherryland). Cherryland has the higher median household income ($84,858 vs $81,604 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $654,200 in Cherryland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Cherryland
Population	22,784	14,575
Median age	36.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,604	$84,858
Median home value	$695,300	$654,200
Median gross rent	$2,063	$2,109
Housing units	7,999	4,796
Homeownership rate	36.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Cherryland
Population	24,430 → 22,784 (-6.7%)	16,066 → 14,575 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$63,406 → $81,604 (+28.7%)	$69,721 → $84,858 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$498,500 → $695,300 (+39.5%)	$490,100 → $654,200 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,598 → $2,063 (+29.1%)	$1,671 → $2,109 (+26.2%)

Ashland

Population

24,43022,784

Median household income

$63,406$81,604

Median home value

$498,500$695,300

Median gross rent

$1,598$2,063

Cherryland

Population

16,06614,575

Median household income

$69,721$84,858

Median home value

$490,100$654,200

Median gross rent

$1,671$2,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Cherryland
Under 5	7.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	17.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.2%
75 and over	5.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Cherryland
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	16.3%
Black or African American	18.4%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	20.7%	15.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	1.7%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	52.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Cherryland
No high school diploma	19.1%	29.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Cherryland
Drove alone	71.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.8%
Public transit	6.4%	2.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.4%
Other means	3.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Cherryland
1-unit, detached	40.6%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	8.5%
20 or more units	26.0%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Cherryland
Poverty rate	16.2%	11.2%
Average household size	2.99	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1965	1962