Amboy vs Ashton

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Ashton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amboy has the higher population (2,396 vs 837 in Ashton). Amboy has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $61,389 in Ashton). Amboy has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $106,300 in Ashton).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Ashton
Population	2,396	837
Median age	48.2 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$61,389
Median home value	$132,600	$106,300
Median gross rent	$880	$931
Housing units	1,120	435
Homeownership rate	73.9%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Ashton
Population	2,421 → 2,396 (-1.0%)	948 → 837 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$52,330 → $76,667 (+46.5%)	$54,844 → $61,389 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $132,600 (+52.9%)	$97,800 → $106,300 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $880 (+19.4%)	$777 → $931 (+19.8%)

Amboy

Population

2,4212,396

Median household income

$52,330$76,667

Median home value

$86,700$132,600

Median gross rent

$737$880

Ashton

Population

948837

Median household income

$54,844$61,389

Median home value

$97,800$106,300

Median gross rent

$777$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Ashton
Under 5	6.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	18.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.5%
75 and over	7.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Ashton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Ashton
No high school diploma	8.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	47.2%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Ashton
Drove alone	93.4%	74.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	13.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Ashton
1-unit, detached	78.7%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Ashton
Poverty rate	8.5%	15.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1953	1938