Arenzville vs Ashland

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (1,001 vs 310 in Arenzville). Arenzville has the higher median household income ($82,188 vs $62,417 in Ashland). Arenzville has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $104,000 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Arenzville	Ashland
Population	310	1,001
Median age	39.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,188	$62,417
Median home value	$109,900	$104,000
Median gross rent	$825	$575
Housing units	157	567
Homeownership rate	86.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenzville	Ashland
Population	465 → 310 (-33.3%)	1,379 → 1,001 (-27.4%)
Median household income	$80,357 → $82,188 (+2.3%)	$59,000 → $62,417 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $109,900 (+17.3%)	$98,800 → $104,000 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $825 (+43.5%)	$789 → $575 (-27.1%)

Arenzville

Population

465310

Median household income

$80,357$82,188

Median home value

$93,700$109,900

Median gross rent

$575$825

Ashland

Population

1,3791,001

Median household income

$59,000$62,417

Median home value

$98,800$104,000

Median gross rent

$789$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenzville	Ashland
Under 5	7.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.7%
75 and over	9.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenzville	Ashland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenzville	Ashland
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenzville	Ashland
Drove alone	83.1%	71.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arenzville	Ashland
1-unit, detached	92.4%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Arenzville	Ashland
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1951	1967