Ashland vs Virginia

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

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

Virginia has the higher population (1,491 vs 1,001 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median household income ($62,417 vs $51,818 in Virginia). Ashland has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $93,500 in Virginia).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Virginia
Population	1,001	1,491
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,417	$51,818
Median home value	$104,000	$93,500
Median gross rent	$575	$663
Housing units	567	695
Homeownership rate	85.0%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Virginia
Population	1,379 → 1,001 (-27.4%)	1,332 → 1,491 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $62,417 (+5.8%)	$49,464 → $51,818 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $104,000 (+5.3%)	$71,600 → $93,500 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $575 (-27.1%)	$556 → $663 (+19.2%)

Ashland

Population

1,3791,001

Median household income

$59,000$62,417

Median home value

$98,800$104,000

Median gross rent

$789$575

Virginia

Population

1,3321,491

Median household income

$49,464$51,818

Median home value

$71,600$93,500

Median gross rent

$556$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Virginia
Under 5	6.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.7%
75 and over	7.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Virginia
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Virginia
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	42.9%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Virginia
Drove alone	71.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	17.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Virginia
1-unit, detached	83.6%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Virginia
Poverty rate	5.1%	14.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1967	1962