Ashley vs Nashville

A side-by-side comparison of Ashley and Nashville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nashville has the higher population (2,991 vs 428 in Ashley). Nashville has the higher median household income ($61,753 vs $47,031 in Ashley). Nashville has the higher median home value ($146,500 vs $70,700 in Ashley).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley	Nashville
Population	428	2,991
Median age	31.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,031	$61,753
Median home value	$70,700	$146,500
Median gross rent	$660	$816
Housing units	215	1,418
Homeownership rate	73.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley	Nashville
Population	562 → 428 (-23.8%)	3,024 → 2,991 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $47,031 (+4.5%)	$60,284 → $61,753 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$61,100 → $70,700 (+15.7%)	$128,700 → $146,500 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $660 (-6.1%)	$729 → $816 (+11.9%)

Ashley

Population

562428

Median household income

$45,000$47,031

Median home value

$61,100$70,700

Median gross rent

$703$660

Nashville

Population

3,0242,991

Median household income

$60,284$61,753

Median home value

$128,700$146,500

Median gross rent

$729$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley	Nashville
Under 5	9.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	27.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	4.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.5%
75 and over	6.5%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley	Nashville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley	Nashville
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	40.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley	Nashville
Drove alone	95.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley	Nashville
1-unit, detached	74.4%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashley	Nashville
Poverty rate	35.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.82	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1959	1963