Ashley vs Wishek

A side-by-side comparison of Ashley and Wishek: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashley and Wishek are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wishek has the higher population (922 vs 636 in Ashley). Wishek has the higher median household income ($65,357 vs $39,519 in Ashley). Wishek has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $57,900 in Ashley).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley	Wishek
Population	636	922
Median age	58.0 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,519	$65,357
Median home value	$57,900	$103,300
Median gross rent	$581	$712
Housing units	506	433
Homeownership rate	69.8%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley	Wishek
Population	574 → 636 (+10.8%)	949 → 922 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$41,932 → $39,519 (-5.8%)	$51,429 → $65,357 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$58,100 → $57,900 (-0.3%)	$70,000 → $103,300 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $581 (+5.6%)	$549 → $712 (+29.7%)

Ashley

Population

574636

Median household income

$41,932$39,519

Median home value

$58,100$57,900

Median gross rent

$550$581

Wishek

Population

949922

Median household income

$51,429$65,357

Median home value

$70,000$103,300

Median gross rent

$549$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley	Wishek
Under 5	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	19.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	16.8%
45 to 54	3.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	15.7%	7.5%
75 and over	25.3%	23.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley	Wishek
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.3%
Asian	5.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley	Wishek
No high school diploma	12.9%	16.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley	Wishek
Drove alone	74.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	5.8%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	1.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley	Wishek
1-unit, detached	90.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashley	Wishek
Poverty rate	23.1%	14.1%
Average household size	1.70	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	10	7
Median year structure built	1955	1962