Ashland vs Bethlehem

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (1,417 vs 1,097 in Bethlehem). Bethlehem has the higher median household income ($65,556 vs $41,429 in Ashland). Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($243,000 vs $169,000 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Bethlehem
Population	1,417	1,097
Median age	30.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,429	$65,556
Median home value	$169,000	$243,000
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,066
Housing units	713	505
Homeownership rate	51.7%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Bethlehem
Population	1,363 → 1,417 (+4.0%)	1,057 → 1,097 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$32,333 → $41,429 (+28.1%)	$50,000 → $65,556 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $169,000 (+2.5%)	$147,400 → $243,000 (+64.9%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,069 (+37.1%)	$819 → $1,066 (+30.2%)

Ashland

Population

1,3631,417

Median household income

$32,333$41,429

Median home value

$164,900$169,000

Median gross rent

$780$1,069

Bethlehem

Population

1,0571,097

Median household income

$50,000$65,556

Median home value

$147,400$243,000

Median gross rent

$819$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Bethlehem
Under 5	11.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	21.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	25.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	16.0%
75 and over	4.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Bethlehem
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.9%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Bethlehem
No high school diploma	6.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	34.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Bethlehem
Drove alone	73.6%	41.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	39.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Bethlehem
1-unit, detached	46.4%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	24.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	14.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Bethlehem
Poverty rate	28.4%	12.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1958	1968