Ashland vs Loudonville

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

Ashland and Loudonville 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 3,249 in Loudonville). Ashland has the higher median household income ($57,310 vs $54,508 in Loudonville). Loudonville has the higher median home value ($151,400 vs $146,100 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Loudonville
Population	19,008	3,249
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,310	$54,508
Median home value	$146,100	$151,400
Median gross rent	$840	$683
Housing units	8,832	1,426
Homeownership rate	65.0%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Loudonville
Population	20,390 → 19,008 (-6.8%)	2,668 → 3,249 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$47,869 → $57,310 (+19.7%)	$43,490 → $54,508 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $146,100 (+33.7%)	$91,100 → $151,400 (+66.2%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $840 (+17.6%)	$648 → $683 (+5.4%)

Ashland

Population

20,39019,008

Median household income

$47,869$57,310

Median home value

$109,300$146,100

Median gross rent

$714$840

Loudonville

Population

2,6683,249

Median household income

$43,490$54,508

Median home value

$91,100$151,400

Median gross rent

$648$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Loudonville
Under 5	4.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.3%
75 and over	10.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Loudonville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	93.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Loudonville
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Loudonville
Drove alone	79.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	2.5%
Other means	1.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Loudonville
1-unit, detached	66.6%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	12.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Loudonville
Poverty rate	16.2%	14.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1958	1956