Ashland vs Enfield

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

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

Enfield has the higher population (1,917 vs 1,417 in Ashland). Enfield has the higher median household income ($78,583 vs $41,429 in Ashland). Enfield has the higher median home value ($274,500 vs $169,000 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Enfield
Population	1,417	1,917
Median age	30.8 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,429	$78,583
Median home value	$169,000	$274,500
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,486
Housing units	713	1,048
Homeownership rate	51.7%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Enfield
Population	1,363 → 1,417 (+4.0%)	1,830 → 1,917 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$32,333 → $41,429 (+28.1%)	$47,005 → $78,583 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $169,000 (+2.5%)	$187,200 → $274,500 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,069 (+37.1%)	$1,263 → $1,486 (+17.7%)

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

Enfield

Population

1,8301,917

Median household income

$47,005$78,583

Median home value

$187,200$274,500

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Enfield
Under 5	11.8%	11.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	8.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	3.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	32.0%
75 and over	4.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Enfield
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Enfield
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Enfield
Drove alone	73.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	16.4%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Enfield
1-unit, detached	46.4%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	24.4%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	13.6%
20 or more units	14.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Enfield
Poverty rate	28.4%	22.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1958	1981