Ashland vs Ceresco

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

Ashland and Ceresco 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 1,355 in Ceresco). Ceresco has the higher median household income ($103,906 vs $80,948 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($229,100 vs $186,300 in Ceresco).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Ceresco
Population	3,083	1,355
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,948	$103,906
Median home value	$229,100	$186,300
Median gross rent	$913	$1,075
Housing units	1,354	459
Homeownership rate	67.3%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Ceresco
Population	2,523 → 3,083 (+22.2%)	1,238 → 1,355 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$54,135 → $80,948 (+49.5%)	$79,028 → $103,906 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $229,100 (+46.5%)	$139,900 → $186,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $913 (+18.7%)	$732 → $1,075 (+46.9%)

Ashland

Population

2,5233,083

Median household income

$54,135$80,948

Median home value

$156,400$229,100

Median gross rent

$769$913

Ceresco

Population

1,2381,355

Median household income

$79,028$103,906

Median home value

$139,900$186,300

Median gross rent

$732$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Ceresco
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.1%
75 and over	7.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Ceresco
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Ceresco
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	25.7%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Ceresco
Drove alone	80.1%	79.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.1%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Ceresco
1-unit, detached	72.6%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Ceresco
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.0%
Average household size	2.45	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1974	1973