Ashland vs Cedar Bluffs

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (3,083 vs 760 in Cedar Bluffs). Cedar Bluffs has the higher median household income ($82,031 vs $80,948 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($229,100 vs $148,200 in Cedar Bluffs).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Cedar Bluffs
Population	3,083	760
Median age	36.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,948	$82,031
Median home value	$229,100	$148,200
Median gross rent	$913	$1,089
Housing units	1,354	325
Homeownership rate	67.3%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Cedar Bluffs
Population	2,523 → 3,083 (+22.2%)	631 → 760 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$54,135 → $80,948 (+49.5%)	$55,972 → $82,031 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $229,100 (+46.5%)	$93,300 → $148,200 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $913 (+18.7%)	$903 → $1,089 (+20.6%)

Ashland

Population

2,5233,083

Median household income

$54,135$80,948

Median home value

$156,400$229,100

Median gross rent

$769$913

Cedar Bluffs

Population

631760

Median household income

$55,972$82,031

Median home value

$93,300$148,200

Median gross rent

$903$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Cedar Bluffs
Under 5	4.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	19.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.0%
75 and over	7.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Cedar Bluffs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Cedar Bluffs
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	25.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Cedar Bluffs
Drove alone	80.1%	83.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	2.8%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Cedar Bluffs
1-unit, detached	72.6%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Cedar Bluffs
Poverty rate	5.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1974	1954