Ashland vs Ironville

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

Ashland and Ironville 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 454 in Ironville). Ashland has the higher median household income ($52,199 vs $38,750 in Ironville). Since 2019, Ashland's population has grown faster (+3.8% vs -53.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Ironville
Population	21,405	454
Median age	41.1 yrs	68.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,199	$38,750
Median home value	$125,300	—
Median gross rent	$859	—
Housing units	10,782	340
Homeownership rate	59.9%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Ironville
Population	20,626 → 21,405 (+3.8%)	984 → 454 (-53.9%)
Median household income	$40,917 → $52,199 (+27.6%)	$65,313 → $38,750 (-40.7%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $125,300 (+21.9%)	$153,600 → $114,800 (-25.3%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $859 (+25.6%)	$783 → $935 (+19.4%)

Ashland

Population

20,62621,405

Median household income

$40,917$52,199

Median home value

$102,800$125,300

Median gross rent

$684$859

Ironville

Population

984454

Median household income

$65,313$38,750

Median home value

$153,600$114,800

Median gross rent

$783$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Ironville
Under 5	6.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	3.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	4.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	2.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.5%
75 and over	8.4%	42.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Ironville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	96.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Ironville
No high school diploma	9.0%	21.1%
High school graduate	29.6%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Ironville
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	Ironville
1-unit, detached	74.0%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Ironville
Poverty rate	22.8%	26.9%
Average household size	2.26	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1964	1973