Ashton vs Loup City

A side-by-side comparison of Ashton and Loup City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loup City has the higher population (988 vs 213 in Ashton). Ashton has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $50,625 in Loup City). Loup City has the higher median home value ($101,500 vs $72,000 in Ashton).

Population, income & housing

	Ashton	Loup City
Population	213	988
Median age	37.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$50,625
Median home value	$72,000	$101,500
Median gross rent	$850	$860
Housing units	129	470
Homeownership rate	75.7%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashton	Loup City
Population	190 → 213 (+12.1%)	975 → 988 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $57,750 (+44.4%)	$34,777 → $50,625 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $72,000 (+9.1%)	$69,800 → $101,500 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $850 (+36.0%)	$525 → $860 (+63.8%)

Ashton

Population

190213

Median household income

$40,000$57,750

Median home value

$66,000$72,000

Median gross rent

$625$850

Loup City

Population

975988

Median household income

$34,777$50,625

Median home value

$69,800$101,500

Median gross rent

$525$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashton	Loup City
Under 5	6.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	8.9%	25.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	23.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	4.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.0%
75 and over	12.7%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashton	Loup City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashton	Loup City
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.8%
High school graduate	32.9%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashton	Loup City
Drove alone	85.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	14.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashton	Loup City
1-unit, detached	99.2%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashton	Loup City
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.9%
Average household size	2.07	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1938	1946