Ashland vs Lincoln

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

Ashland and Lincoln 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 938 in Lincoln). Lincoln has the higher median household income ($56,406 vs $41,429 in Ashland). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($283,500 vs $169,000 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Lincoln
Population	1,417	938
Median age	30.8 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,429	$56,406
Median home value	$169,000	$283,500
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,025
Housing units	713	1,196
Homeownership rate	51.7%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Lincoln
Population	1,363 → 1,417 (+4.0%)	712 → 938 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$32,333 → $41,429 (+28.1%)	$53,229 → $56,406 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $169,000 (+2.5%)	$222,500 → $283,500 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,069 (+37.1%)	$887 → $1,025 (+15.6%)

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

Lincoln

Population

712938

Median household income

$53,229$56,406

Median home value

$222,500$283,500

Median gross rent

$887$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Lincoln
Under 5	11.8%	0.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	21.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	22.2%
75 and over	4.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	15.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Lincoln
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Lincoln
Drove alone	73.6%	40.1%
Carpooled	16.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.4%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	12.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	46.4%	27.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	36.4%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	11.4%
20 or more units	14.6%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Lincoln
Poverty rate	28.4%	6.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1958	1985