Ashland vs Centralia

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (4,811 vs 4,615 in Centralia). Ashland has the higher median household income ($90,628 vs $51,868 in Centralia). Ashland has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $165,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Centralia
Population	4,811	4,615
Median age	37.8 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,628	$51,868
Median home value	$231,700	$165,600
Median gross rent	$1,188	$723
Housing units	2,175	2,175
Homeownership rate	66.1%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Centralia
Population	3,907 → 4,811 (+23.1%)	4,213 → 4,615 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $90,628 (+25.0%)	$51,512 → $51,868 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$187,900 → $231,700 (+23.3%)	$111,800 → $165,600 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,188 (+47.0%)	$576 → $723 (+25.5%)

Ashland

Population

3,9074,811

Median household income

$72,500$90,628

Median home value

$187,900$231,700

Median gross rent

$808$1,188

Centralia

Population

4,2134,615

Median household income

$51,512$51,868

Median home value

$111,800$165,600

Median gross rent

$576$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Centralia
Under 5	5.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	7.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	14.6%
75 and over	7.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Centralia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Centralia
No high school diploma	8.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Centralia
Drove alone	78.9%	66.9%
Carpooled	14.9%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Centralia
1-unit, detached	74.1%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Centralia
Poverty rate	3.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	2003	1972