Ashland vs Medford

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

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

Medford has the higher population (85,794 vs 21,343 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median household income ($71,782 vs $70,497 in Medford). Ashland has the higher median home value ($573,700 vs $387,000 in Medford).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Medford
Population	21,343	85,794
Median age	47.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,782	$70,497
Median home value	$573,700	$387,000
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,321
Housing units	11,499	36,436
Homeownership rate	50.6%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.0%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Medford
Population	21,056 → 21,343 (+1.4%)	81,145 → 85,794 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$56,315 → $71,782 (+27.5%)	$50,116 → $70,497 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$441,900 → $573,700 (+29.8%)	$265,400 → $387,000 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,367 (+26.0%)	$972 → $1,321 (+35.9%)

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

Medford

Population

81,14585,794

Median household income

$50,116$70,497

Median home value

$265,400$387,000

Median gross rent

$972$1,321

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Medford
Under 5	3.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	8.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	15.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	10.8%
75 and over	10.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Medford
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Medford
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	9.1%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Medford
Drove alone	59.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	9.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	9.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	21.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Medford
1-unit, detached	59.0%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	8.3%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Medford
Poverty rate	14.2%	12.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1979	1982