Ashby vs Herman

A side-by-side comparison of Ashby and Herman: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashby and Herman are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Herman has the higher population (428 vs 411 in Ashby). Herman has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $55,250 in Ashby). Ashby has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $102,100 in Herman).

Population, income & housing

	Ashby	Herman
Population	411	428
Median age	41.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,250	$72,917
Median home value	$125,000	$102,100
Median gross rent	$815	$545
Housing units	210	263
Homeownership rate	67.0%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashby	Herman
Population	474 → 411 (-13.3%)	429 → 428 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$46,429 → $55,250 (+19.0%)	$40,000 → $72,917 (+82.3%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $125,000 (+22.5%)	$77,700 → $102,100 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $815 (+7.7%)	$473 → $545 (+15.2%)

Ashby

Population

474411

Median household income

$46,429$55,250

Median home value

$102,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$757$815

Herman

Population

429428

Median household income

$40,000$72,917

Median home value

$77,700$102,100

Median gross rent

$473$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashby	Herman
Under 5	3.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	11.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	17.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	4.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	18.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.6%
75 and over	14.8%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashby	Herman
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashby	Herman
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashby	Herman
Drove alone	67.2%	67.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	1.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	26.0%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashby	Herman
1-unit, detached	72.4%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ashby	Herman
Poverty rate	14.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1954	1965