Ashland vs Lisbon

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

Ashland and Lisbon 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 832 in Lisbon). Lisbon has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $41,429 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $167,500 in Lisbon).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Lisbon
Population	1,417	832
Median age	30.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,429	$63,750
Median home value	$169,000	$167,500
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,156
Housing units	713	445
Homeownership rate	51.7%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Lisbon
Population	1,363 → 1,417 (+4.0%)	964 → 832 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$32,333 → $41,429 (+28.1%)	$53,750 → $63,750 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $169,000 (+2.5%)	$140,800 → $167,500 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,069 (+37.1%)	$734 → $1,156 (+57.5%)

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

Lisbon

Population

964832

Median household income

$53,750$63,750

Median home value

$140,800$167,500

Median gross rent

$734$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Lisbon
Under 5	11.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	21.9%	16.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	18.0%
75 and over	4.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Lisbon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Lisbon
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Lisbon
Drove alone	73.6%	72.5%
Carpooled	16.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Lisbon
1-unit, detached	46.4%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	14.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Lisbon
Poverty rate	28.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1958	1938