Ashland vs Hayesville

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (19,008 vs 582 in Hayesville). Hayesville has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $57,310 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($146,100 vs $138,800 in Hayesville).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Hayesville
Population	19,008	582
Median age	39.0 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,310	$73,125
Median home value	$146,100	$138,800
Median gross rent	$840	$800
Housing units	8,832	231
Homeownership rate	65.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Hayesville
Population	20,390 → 19,008 (-6.8%)	465 → 582 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$47,869 → $57,310 (+19.7%)	$57,344 → $73,125 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $146,100 (+33.7%)	$117,600 → $138,800 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $840 (+17.6%)	$745 → $800 (+7.4%)

Ashland

Population

20,39019,008

Median household income

$47,869$57,310

Median home value

$109,300$146,100

Median gross rent

$714$840

Hayesville

Population

465582

Median household income

$57,344$73,125

Median home value

$117,600$138,800

Median gross rent

$745$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Hayesville
Under 5	4.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	29.7%
18 to 24	12.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	21.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	5.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.0%
75 and over	10.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Hayesville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Hayesville
No high school diploma	8.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	43.1%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Hayesville
Drove alone	79.0%	95.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	1.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.5%
Worked from home	7.8%	1.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Hayesville
1-unit, detached	66.6%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Hayesville
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1958	1954