Ashton vs Dixon

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

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

Dixon has the higher population (15,166 vs 837 in Ashton). Ashton has the higher median household income ($61,389 vs $58,371 in Dixon). Dixon has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $106,300 in Ashton).

Population, income & housing

	Ashton	Dixon
Population	837	15,166
Median age	45.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,389	$58,371
Median home value	$106,300	$113,300
Median gross rent	$931	$865
Housing units	435	6,359
Homeownership rate	58.2%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashton	Dixon
Population	948 → 837 (-11.7%)	15,433 → 15,166 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$54,844 → $61,389 (+11.9%)	$47,171 → $58,371 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $106,300 (+8.7%)	$90,700 → $113,300 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $931 (+19.8%)	$660 → $865 (+31.1%)

Ashton

Population

948837

Median household income

$54,844$61,389

Median home value

$97,800$106,300

Median gross rent

$777$931

Dixon

Population

15,43315,166

Median household income

$47,171$58,371

Median home value

$90,700$113,300

Median gross rent

$660$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashton	Dixon
Under 5	7.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.0%
75 and over	7.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashton	Dixon
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashton	Dixon
No high school diploma	14.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	40.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashton	Dixon
Drove alone	74.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	13.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	4.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.5%
Other means	4.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashton	Dixon
1-unit, detached	67.1%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	6.5%
20 or more units	7.4%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Ashton	Dixon
Poverty rate	15.8%	17.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1938	1956