Ashland vs Perrysville

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

Ashland and Perrysville 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 833 in Perrysville). Ashland has the higher median household income ($57,310 vs $42,054 in Perrysville). Ashland has the higher median home value ($146,100 vs $102,700 in Perrysville).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Perrysville
Population	19,008	833
Median age	39.0 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,310	$42,054
Median home value	$146,100	$102,700
Median gross rent	$840	$692
Housing units	8,832	391
Homeownership rate	65.0%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Perrysville
Population	20,390 → 19,008 (-6.8%)	683 → 833 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$47,869 → $57,310 (+19.7%)	$37,500 → $42,054 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $146,100 (+33.7%)	$72,500 → $102,700 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $840 (+17.6%)	$511 → $692 (+35.4%)

Ashland

Population

20,39019,008

Median household income

$47,869$57,310

Median home value

$109,300$146,100

Median gross rent

$714$840

Perrysville

Population

683833

Median household income

$37,500$42,054

Median home value

$72,500$102,700

Median gross rent

$511$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Perrysville
Under 5	4.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	19.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.6%
75 and over	10.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Perrysville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	90.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Perrysville
No high school diploma	8.1%	15.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Perrysville
Drove alone	79.0%	72.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	10.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	2.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Perrysville
1-unit, detached	66.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Perrysville
Poverty rate	16.2%	21.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1958	1965