Ashland vs Oakfield

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (676 vs 464 in Oakfield). Ashland has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $67,100 in Oakfield). Since 2019, Ashland's population has grown faster (+18.0% vs -10.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Oakfield
Population	676	464
Median age	49.4 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,719
Median home value	$136,300	$67,100
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	414	262
Homeownership rate	55.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Oakfield
Population	573 → 676 (+18.0%)	517 → 464 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$33,594 → $27,321 (-18.7%)	$37,882 → $46,719 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $136,300 (+51.6%)	$71,000 → $67,100 (-5.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$566 → $575 (+1.6%)

Ashland

Population

573676

Median household income

$33,594$27,321

Median home value

$89,900$136,300

Oakfield

Population

517464

Median household income

$37,882$46,719

Median home value

$71,000$67,100

Median gross rent

$566$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Oakfield
Under 5	1.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	8.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	6.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	20.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	28.9%
75 and over	16.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Oakfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Oakfield
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	48.5%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Oakfield
Drove alone	80.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	11.0%
Other means	13.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Oakfield
1-unit, detached	43.0%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Oakfield
Poverty rate	20.6%	5.4%
Average household size	1.89	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1975	1956