Ashland vs Provencal

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

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

Provencal has the higher population (427 vs 141 in Ashland). Provencal has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $41,528 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $115,200 in Provencal).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Provencal
Population	141	427
Median age	59.3 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,528	$75,938
Median home value	$131,300	$115,200
Median gross rent	—	$746
Housing units	135	210
Homeownership rate	65.3%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Provencal
Population	214 → 141 (-34.1%)	366 → 427 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $41,528 (-18.0%)	$23,603 → $75,938 (+221.7%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $131,300 (+21.6%)	$96,700 → $115,200 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $850 (-3.3%)	$816 → $746 (-8.6%)

Ashland

Population

214141

Median household income

$50,625$41,528

Median home value

$108,000$131,300

Median gross rent

$879$850

Provencal

Population

366427

Median household income

$23,603$75,938

Median home value

$96,700$115,200

Median gross rent

$816$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Provencal
Under 5	2.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	5.7%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	20.4%
35 to 44	1.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	29.1%	5.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	5.9%
75 and over	21.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Provencal
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	77.8%
Black or African American	27.7%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Provencal
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	65.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Provencal
Drove alone	93.2%	90.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Provencal
1-unit, detached	68.1%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	41.9%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Provencal
Poverty rate	6.4%	4.4%
Average household size	1.88	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	45	31
Median year structure built	1982	1978