Ashland vs Harrisburg

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

Ashland and Harrisburg 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 344 in Harrisburg). Ashland has the higher median household income ($90,628 vs $51,250 in Harrisburg). Ashland has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $176,800 in Harrisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Harrisburg
Population	4,811	344
Median age	37.8 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,628	$51,250
Median home value	$231,700	$176,800
Median gross rent	$1,188	$956
Housing units	2,175	186
Homeownership rate	66.1%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Harrisburg
Population	3,907 → 4,811 (+23.1%)	410 → 344 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $90,628 (+25.0%)	$58,750 → $51,250 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$187,900 → $231,700 (+23.3%)	$133,000 → $176,800 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,188 (+47.0%)	$775 → $956 (+23.4%)

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

Harrisburg

Population

410344

Median household income

$58,750$51,250

Median home value

$133,000$176,800

Median gross rent

$775$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Harrisburg
Under 5	5.5%	11.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	23.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	8.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.8%
75 and over	7.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Harrisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	6.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Harrisburg
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	25.9%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Harrisburg
Drove alone	78.9%	73.7%
Carpooled	14.9%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Harrisburg
1-unit, detached	74.1%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	43.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Harrisburg
Poverty rate	3.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	2003	1992