Ashland vs Central Point

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (21,343 vs 19,183 in Central Point). Central Point has the higher median household income ($80,450 vs $71,782 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($573,700 vs $357,700 in Central Point).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Central Point
Population	21,343	19,183
Median age	47.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,782	$80,450
Median home value	$573,700	$357,700
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,268
Housing units	11,499	7,830
Homeownership rate	50.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.0%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Central Point
Population	21,056 → 21,343 (+1.4%)	18,376 → 19,183 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$56,315 → $71,782 (+27.5%)	$57,432 → $80,450 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$441,900 → $573,700 (+29.8%)	$260,600 → $357,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,367 (+26.0%)	$1,048 → $1,268 (+21.0%)

Ashland

Population

21,05621,343

Median household income

$56,315$71,782

Median home value

$441,900$573,700

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,367

Central Point

Population

18,37619,183

Median household income

$57,432$80,450

Median home value

$260,600$357,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Central Point
Under 5	3.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	8.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	15.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	8.3%
75 and over	10.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Central Point
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	73.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Central Point
No high school diploma	4.1%	10.3%
High school graduate	9.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Central Point
Drove alone	59.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.8%
Walked	9.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.1%	8.2%
Other means	0.8%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Central Point
1-unit, detached	59.0%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	8.3%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Central Point
Poverty rate	14.2%	8.6%
Average household size	1.98	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1979	1996