Ashland vs San Lorenzo

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

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

San Lorenzo has the higher population (29,453 vs 22,784 in Ashland). San Lorenzo has the higher median household income ($110,495 vs $81,604 in Ashland). San Lorenzo has the higher median home value ($833,800 vs $695,300 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	San Lorenzo
Population	22,784	29,453
Median age	36.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,604	$110,495
Median home value	$695,300	$833,800
Median gross rent	$2,063	$2,193
Housing units	7,999	8,926
Homeownership rate	36.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	San Lorenzo
Population	24,430 → 22,784 (-6.7%)	25,569 → 29,453 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$63,406 → $81,604 (+28.7%)	$97,286 → $110,495 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$498,500 → $695,300 (+39.5%)	$586,400 → $833,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,598 → $2,063 (+29.1%)	$1,848 → $2,193 (+18.7%)

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

San Lorenzo

Population

25,56929,453

Median household income

$97,286$110,495

Median home value

$586,400$833,800

Median gross rent

$1,848$2,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	San Lorenzo
Under 5	7.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.4%
75 and over	5.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	San Lorenzo
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	19.7%
Black or African American	18.4%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	20.7%	29.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	1.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	41.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	San Lorenzo
No high school diploma	19.1%	17.7%
High school graduate	29.4%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	San Lorenzo
Drove alone	71.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	12.8%
Public transit	6.4%	3.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.4%
Other means	3.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	San Lorenzo
1-unit, detached	40.6%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	26.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	San Lorenzo
Poverty rate	16.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.99	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1965	1955