Ashland vs Emeryville

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

Ashland and Emeryville 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 12,756 in Emeryville). Emeryville has the higher median household income ($120,302 vs $81,604 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $598,300 in Emeryville).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Emeryville
Population	22,784	12,756
Median age	36.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,604	$120,302
Median home value	$695,300	$598,300
Median gross rent	$2,063	$2,833
Housing units	7,999	8,447
Homeownership rate	36.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	74.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Emeryville
Population	24,430 → 22,784 (-6.7%)	11,899 → 12,756 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$63,406 → $81,604 (+28.7%)	$102,725 → $120,302 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$498,500 → $695,300 (+39.5%)	$489,400 → $598,300 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,598 → $2,063 (+29.1%)	$2,380 → $2,833 (+19.0%)

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

Emeryville

Population

11,89912,756

Median household income

$102,725$120,302

Median home value

$489,400$598,300

Median gross rent

$2,380$2,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Emeryville
Under 5	7.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	4.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.6%	33.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	20.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.3%
75 and over	5.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Emeryville
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	35.4%
Black or African American	18.4%	17.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	20.7%	29.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.9%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Emeryville
No high school diploma	19.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Emeryville
Drove alone	71.0%	38.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.7%
Public transit	6.4%	11.5%
Walked	0.6%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.6%
Worked from home	7.4%	34.8%
Other means	3.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Emeryville
1-unit, detached	40.6%	6.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	26.0%	71.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Emeryville
Poverty rate	16.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.99	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1965	1987