Ashland vs Rocheport

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

Ashland and Rocheport 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 215 in Rocheport). Ashland has the higher median household income ($90,628 vs $58,125 in Rocheport). Ashland has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $207,700 in Rocheport).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Rocheport
Population	4,811	215
Median age	37.8 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,628	$58,125
Median home value	$231,700	$207,700
Median gross rent	$1,188	$1,048
Housing units	2,175	189
Homeownership rate	66.1%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Rocheport
Population	3,907 → 4,811 (+23.1%)	244 → 215 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $90,628 (+25.0%)	$39,821 → $58,125 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$187,900 → $231,700 (+23.3%)	$165,000 → $207,700 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,188 (+47.0%)	$938 → $1,048 (+11.7%)

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

Rocheport

Population

244215

Median household income

$39,821$58,125

Median home value

$165,000$207,700

Median gross rent

$938$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Rocheport
Under 5	5.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	7.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	6.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	26.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	25.1%
75 and over	7.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Rocheport
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Rocheport
No high school diploma	8.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.9%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Rocheport
Drove alone	78.9%	62.8%
Carpooled	14.9%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Rocheport
1-unit, detached	74.1%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Rocheport
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.24	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	2003	1938