Ashland vs Westwood

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

Ashland and Westwood 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 4,480 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($70,012 vs $52,199 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $94,100 in Westwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Westwood
Population	21,405	4,480
Median age	41.1 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,199	$70,012
Median home value	$125,300	$94,100
Median gross rent	$859	$880
Housing units	10,782	1,905
Homeownership rate	59.9%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Westwood
Population	20,626 → 21,405 (+3.8%)	4,706 → 4,480 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$40,917 → $52,199 (+27.6%)	$40,824 → $70,012 (+71.5%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $125,300 (+21.9%)	$97,100 → $94,100 (-3.1%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $859 (+25.6%)	$680 → $880 (+29.4%)

Ashland

Population

20,62621,405

Median household income

$40,917$52,199

Median home value

$102,800$125,300

Median gross rent

$684$859

Westwood

Population

4,7064,480

Median household income

$40,824$70,012

Median home value

$97,100$94,100

Median gross rent

$680$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Westwood
Under 5	6.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	15.3%
75 and over	8.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Westwood
No high school diploma	9.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	29.6%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Westwood
Drove alone	74.2%	91.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	1.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Westwood
1-unit, detached	74.0%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Westwood
Poverty rate	22.8%	14.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1964	1973