Ashland vs Cannonsburg

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (21,405 vs 1,426 in Cannonsburg). Cannonsburg has the higher median household income ($83,777 vs $52,199 in Ashland). Cannonsburg has the higher median home value ($183,700 vs $125,300 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Cannonsburg
Population	21,405	1,426
Median age	41.1 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,199	$83,777
Median home value	$125,300	$183,700
Median gross rent	$859	$852
Housing units	10,782	552
Homeownership rate	59.9%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Cannonsburg
Population	20,626 → 21,405 (+3.8%)	639 → 1,426 (+123.2%)
Median household income	$40,917 → $52,199 (+27.6%)	$50,750 → $83,777 (+65.1%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $125,300 (+21.9%)	$126,200 → $183,700 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $859 (+25.6%)	$956 → $852 (-10.9%)

Ashland

Population

20,62621,405

Median household income

$40,917$52,199

Median home value

$102,800$125,300

Median gross rent

$684$859

Cannonsburg

Population

6391,426

Median household income

$50,750$83,777

Median home value

$126,200$183,700

Median gross rent

$956$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Cannonsburg
Under 5	6.4%	14.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	26.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	1.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	23.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	5.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	3.8%
75 and over	8.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Cannonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Cannonsburg
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	29.6%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Cannonsburg
Drove alone	74.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Cannonsburg
1-unit, detached	74.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Cannonsburg
Poverty rate	22.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1964	1965