Ashley vs St. Joe

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

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

Ashley has the higher population (1,174 vs 420 in St. Joe). St. Joe has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $56,667 in Ashley). Ashley has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $85,400 in St. Joe).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley	St. Joe
Population	1,174	420
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$61,875
Median home value	$117,600	$85,400
Median gross rent	$711	$700
Housing units	540	178
Homeownership rate	66.2%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley	St. Joe
Population	993 → 1,174 (+18.2%)	481 → 420 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$45,813 → $56,667 (+23.7%)	$57,125 → $61,875 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $117,600 (+40.8%)	$67,000 → $85,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$497 → $711 (+43.1%)	$536 → $700 (+30.6%)

Ashley

Population

9931,174

Median household income

$45,813$56,667

Median home value

$83,500$117,600

Median gross rent

$497$711

St. Joe

Population

481420

Median household income

$57,125$61,875

Median home value

$67,000$85,400

Median gross rent

$536$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley	St. Joe
Under 5	6.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	19.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.3%
75 and over	3.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley	St. Joe
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley	St. Joe
No high school diploma	9.3%	29.0%
High school graduate	50.9%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley	St. Joe
Drove alone	82.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	14.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	1.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley	St. Joe
1-unit, detached	73.7%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashley	St. Joe
Poverty rate	10.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1972	1938