Ashland vs Plymouth

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (4,877 vs 1,417 in Ashland). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($77,368 vs $41,429 in Ashland). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $169,000 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Plymouth
Population	1,417	4,877
Median age	30.8 yrs	23.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,429	$77,368
Median home value	$169,000	$274,200
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,312
Housing units	713	1,528
Homeownership rate	51.7%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Plymouth
Population	1,363 → 1,417 (+4.0%)	3,438 → 4,877 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$32,333 → $41,429 (+28.1%)	$76,135 → $77,368 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $169,000 (+2.5%)	$197,300 → $274,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,069 (+37.1%)	$1,150 → $1,312 (+14.1%)

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

Plymouth

Population

3,4384,877

Median household income

$76,135$77,368

Median home value

$197,300$274,200

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,312

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Plymouth
Under 5	11.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	41.7%
25 to 34	21.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	4.6%
75 and over	4.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Plymouth
No high school diploma	6.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Plymouth
Drove alone	73.6%	58.9%
Carpooled	16.4%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	16.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	46.4%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	14.5%
20 or more units	14.6%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Plymouth
Poverty rate	28.4%	16.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1958	1973