Ashland vs Snow Lake Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Ashland and Snow Lake Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashland and Snow Lake Shores are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashland has the higher population (562 vs 414 in Snow Lake Shores). Snow Lake Shores has the higher median household income ($51,607 vs $44,194 in Ashland). Snow Lake Shores has the higher median home value ($144,700 vs $116,900 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Snow Lake Shores
Population	562	414
Median age	44.3 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,194	$51,607
Median home value	$116,900	$144,700
Median gross rent	$775	$836
Housing units	261	408
Homeownership rate	86.6%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Snow Lake Shores
Population	619 → 562 (-9.2%)	312 → 414 (+32.7%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $44,194 (+5.5%)	$53,958 → $51,607 (-4.4%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $116,900 (+40.8%)	$86,600 → $144,700 (+67.1%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $775 (+26.4%)	$575 → $836 (+45.4%)

Ashland

Population

619562

Median household income

$41,875$44,194

Median home value

$83,000$116,900

Median gross rent

$613$775

Snow Lake Shores

Population

312414

Median household income

$53,958$51,607

Median home value

$86,600$144,700

Median gross rent

$575$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Snow Lake Shores
Under 5	10.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	3.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	1.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	3.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	7.7%	29.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	24.9%
75 and over	20.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Snow Lake Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	13.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Snow Lake Shores
No high school diploma	10.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	33.2%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Snow Lake Shores
Drove alone	85.8%	71.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	18.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Snow Lake Shores
1-unit, detached	95.8%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Snow Lake Shores
Poverty rate	21.5%	9.9%
Average household size	2.16	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1971	1967