Ashland vs Newark

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

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

Newark has the higher population (47,145 vs 22,784 in Ashland). Newark has the higher median household income ($164,909 vs $81,604 in Ashland). Newark has the higher median home value ($1,094,200 vs $695,300 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Newark
Population	22,784	47,145
Median age	36.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,604	$164,909
Median home value	$695,300	$1,094,200
Median gross rent	$2,063	$2,730
Housing units	7,999	15,897
Homeownership rate	36.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Newark
Population	24,430 → 22,784 (-6.7%)	47,171 → 47,145 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$63,406 → $81,604 (+28.7%)	$116,856 → $164,909 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$498,500 → $695,300 (+39.5%)	$742,100 → $1,094,200 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,598 → $2,063 (+29.1%)	$2,277 → $2,730 (+19.9%)

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

Newark

Population

47,17147,145

Median household income

$116,856$164,909

Median home value

$742,100$1,094,200

Median gross rent

$2,277$2,730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Newark
Under 5	7.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	17.6%	18.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.3%
75 and over	5.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	18.7%
Black or African American	18.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	20.7%	42.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	1.5%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Newark
No high school diploma	19.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Newark
Drove alone	71.0%	60.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.6%
Public transit	6.4%	3.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.4%	22.5%
Other means	3.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Newark
1-unit, detached	40.6%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	26.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Newark
Poverty rate	16.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.99	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1965	1975