Ashland vs Beardstown

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

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

Beardstown has the higher population (6,047 vs 1,001 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median household income ($62,417 vs $58,765 in Beardstown). Ashland has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $80,800 in Beardstown).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Beardstown
Population	1,001	6,047
Median age	42.3 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,417	$58,765
Median home value	$104,000	$80,800
Median gross rent	$575	$769
Housing units	567	2,303
Homeownership rate	85.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Beardstown
Population	1,379 → 1,001 (-27.4%)	5,682 → 6,047 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $62,417 (+5.8%)	$40,750 → $58,765 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $104,000 (+5.3%)	$68,900 → $80,800 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $575 (-27.1%)	$582 → $769 (+32.1%)

Ashland

Population

1,3791,001

Median household income

$59,000$62,417

Median home value

$98,800$104,000

Median gross rent

$789$575

Beardstown

Population

5,6826,047

Median household income

$40,750$58,765

Median home value

$68,900$80,800

Median gross rent

$582$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Beardstown
Under 5	6.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	6.5%
75 and over	7.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Beardstown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	48.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Beardstown
No high school diploma	6.8%	19.8%
High school graduate	42.9%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Beardstown
Drove alone	71.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	17.9%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.9%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Beardstown
1-unit, detached	83.6%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Beardstown
Poverty rate	5.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1967	1963