Ashland vs Atco

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (9,437 vs 8,037 in Atco). Ashland has the higher median household income ($112,009 vs $101,976 in Atco). Ashland has the higher median home value ($305,700 vs $262,200 in Atco).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Atco
Population	9,437	8,037
Median age	48.2 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,009	$101,976
Median home value	$305,700	$262,200
Median gross rent	$2,105	—
Housing units	3,700	3,129
Homeownership rate	90.2%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.0%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Atco
Population	8,405 → 9,437 (+12.3%)	8,316 → 8,037 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$104,223 → $112,009 (+7.5%)	$89,890 → $101,976 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$233,000 → $305,700 (+31.2%)	$207,400 → $262,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,700 → $2,105 (+23.8%)	$1,531 → $1,298 (-15.2%)

Ashland

Population

8,4059,437

Median household income

$104,223$112,009

Median home value

$233,000$305,700

Median gross rent

$1,700$2,105

Atco

Population

8,3168,037

Median household income

$89,890$101,976

Median home value

$207,400$262,200

Median gross rent

$1,531$1,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Atco
Under 5	6.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	19.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.8%
75 and over	11.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Atco
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	83.8%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Atco
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	23.1%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Atco
Drove alone	65.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.4%
Public transit	5.7%	0.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	10.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Atco
1-unit, detached	75.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.1%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Atco
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1964	1976