Ashland vs Catlettsburg

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

Ashland and Catlettsburg 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 1,672 in Catlettsburg). Ashland has the higher median household income ($52,199 vs $34,524 in Catlettsburg). Ashland has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $71,400 in Catlettsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Catlettsburg
Population	21,405	1,672
Median age	41.1 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,199	$34,524
Median home value	$125,300	$71,400
Median gross rent	$859	$590
Housing units	10,782	954
Homeownership rate	59.9%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Catlettsburg
Population	20,626 → 21,405 (+3.8%)	1,895 → 1,672 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$40,917 → $52,199 (+27.6%)	$28,145 → $34,524 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $125,300 (+21.9%)	$70,700 → $71,400 (+1.0%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $859 (+25.6%)	$454 → $590 (+30.0%)

Ashland

Population

20,62621,405

Median household income

$40,917$52,199

Median home value

$102,800$125,300

Median gross rent

$684$859

Catlettsburg

Population

1,8951,672

Median household income

$28,145$34,524

Median home value

$70,700$71,400

Median gross rent

$454$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Catlettsburg
Under 5	6.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	15.2%
75 and over	8.4%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Catlettsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Catlettsburg
No high school diploma	9.0%	17.8%
High school graduate	29.6%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Catlettsburg
Drove alone	74.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	10.4%
Public transit	0.3%	2.1%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	8.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Catlettsburg
1-unit, detached	74.0%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	7.1%
20 or more units	4.7%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Catlettsburg
Poverty rate	22.8%	25.4%
Average household size	2.26	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1964	1956