Ashland vs Sturgeon

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

Ashland and Sturgeon 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 1,143 in Sturgeon). Ashland has the higher median household income ($90,628 vs $66,500 in Sturgeon). Ashland has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $139,300 in Sturgeon).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Sturgeon
Population	4,811	1,143
Median age	37.8 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,628	$66,500
Median home value	$231,700	$139,300
Median gross rent	$1,188	$886
Housing units	2,175	555
Homeownership rate	66.1%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Sturgeon
Population	3,907 → 4,811 (+23.1%)	990 → 1,143 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $90,628 (+25.0%)	$52,500 → $66,500 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$187,900 → $231,700 (+23.3%)	$101,800 → $139,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,188 (+47.0%)	$755 → $886 (+17.4%)

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

Sturgeon

Population

9901,143

Median household income

$52,500$66,500

Median home value

$101,800$139,300

Median gross rent

$755$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Sturgeon
Under 5	5.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	9.6%
75 and over	7.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Sturgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.2%
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%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Sturgeon
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	25.9%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Sturgeon
Drove alone	78.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	14.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Sturgeon
1-unit, detached	74.1%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Sturgeon
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	2003	1960