Ashland vs Wahoo

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

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

Wahoo has the higher population (4,885 vs 3,083 in Ashland). Wahoo has the higher median household income ($81,544 vs $80,948 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($229,100 vs $227,100 in Wahoo).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Wahoo
Population	3,083	4,885
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,948	$81,544
Median home value	$229,100	$227,100
Median gross rent	$913	$913
Housing units	1,354	1,880
Homeownership rate	67.3%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Wahoo
Population	2,523 → 3,083 (+22.2%)	4,502 → 4,885 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$54,135 → $80,948 (+49.5%)	$56,907 → $81,544 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $229,100 (+46.5%)	$144,400 → $227,100 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $913 (+18.7%)	$713 → $913 (+28.1%)

Ashland

Population

2,5233,083

Median household income

$54,135$80,948

Median home value

$156,400$229,100

Median gross rent

$769$913

Wahoo

Population

4,5024,885

Median household income

$56,907$81,544

Median home value

$144,400$227,100

Median gross rent

$713$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Wahoo
Under 5	4.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	23.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.9%
75 and over	7.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Wahoo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Wahoo
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	25.7%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Wahoo
Drove alone	80.1%	74.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.4%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Wahoo
1-unit, detached	72.6%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	11.4%
20 or more units	5.1%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Wahoo
Poverty rate	5.9%	12.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1974	1974