Ashland vs Sullivan

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

Ashland and Sullivan 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 841 in Sullivan). Sullivan has the higher median household income ($95,369 vs $57,310 in Ashland). Sullivan has the higher median home value ($240,200 vs $146,100 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Sullivan
Population	19,008	841
Median age	39.0 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,310	$95,369
Median home value	$146,100	$240,200
Median gross rent	$840	—
Housing units	8,832	319
Homeownership rate	65.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Sullivan
Population	20,390 → 19,008 (-6.8%)	774 → 841 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$47,869 → $57,310 (+19.7%)	$84,212 → $95,369 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $146,100 (+33.7%)	$162,200 → $240,200 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $840 (+17.6%)	—

Ashland

Population

20,39019,008

Median household income

$47,869$57,310

Median home value

$109,300$146,100

Median gross rent

$714$840

Sullivan

Population

774841

Median household income

$84,212$95,369

Median home value

$162,200$240,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Sullivan
Under 5	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	10.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	4.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	18.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	39.6%
75 and over	10.1%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Sullivan
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Sullivan
No high school diploma	8.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	43.1%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Sullivan
Drove alone	79.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	13.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Sullivan
1-unit, detached	66.6%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Sullivan
Poverty rate	16.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	37
Median year structure built	1958	1995