Ashland vs Piedmont

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

Ashland and Piedmont 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 11,012 in Piedmont). Piedmont has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $81,604 in Ashland). Piedmont has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $695,300 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Piedmont
Population	22,784	11,012
Median age	36.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,604	$250,001
Median home value	$695,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,063	$3,501
Housing units	7,999	3,926
Homeownership rate	36.4%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	86.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Piedmont
Population	24,430 → 22,784 (-6.7%)	11,317 → 11,012 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$63,406 → $81,604 (+28.7%)	$224,659 → $250,001 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$498,500 → $695,300 (+39.5%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,598 → $2,063 (+29.1%)	$3,229 → $3,501 (+8.4%)

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

Piedmont

Population

11,31711,012

Median household income

$224,659$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,229$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Piedmont
Under 5	7.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	17.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.2%
75 and over	5.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	65.8%
Black or African American	18.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	20.7%	22.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Piedmont
No high school diploma	19.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	29.4%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	51.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Piedmont
Drove alone	71.0%	44.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.2%
Public transit	6.4%	10.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.4%	35.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	40.6%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	26.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Piedmont
Poverty rate	16.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.99	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1965	1938