Ashland vs Limestone

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

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

Limestone has the higher population (1,120 vs 676 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $91,500 in Limestone). Since 2019, Ashland's population has grown faster (+18.0% vs -25.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Limestone
Population	676	1,120
Median age	49.4 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$39,667
Median home value	$136,300	$91,500
Median gross rent	—	$580
Housing units	414	569
Homeownership rate	55.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Limestone
Population	573 → 676 (+18.0%)	1,504 → 1,120 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$33,594 → $27,321 (-18.7%)	$37,813 → $39,667 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $136,300 (+51.6%)	$73,100 → $91,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$816 → $580 (-28.9%)

Ashland

Population

573676

Median household income

$33,594$27,321

Median home value

$89,900$136,300

Limestone

Population

1,5041,120

Median household income

$37,813$39,667

Median home value

$73,100$91,500

Median gross rent

$816$580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Limestone
Under 5	1.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	21.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.9%
75 and over	16.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Limestone
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Limestone
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.3%
High school graduate	48.5%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Limestone
Drove alone	80.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.4%
Other means	13.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Limestone
1-unit, detached	43.0%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Limestone
Poverty rate	20.6%	16.7%
Average household size	1.89	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1975	1956