Ashland vs Phoenix

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

Ashland and Phoenix 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 4,383 in Phoenix). Ashland has the higher median household income ($71,782 vs $60,656 in Phoenix). Ashland has the higher median home value ($573,700 vs $367,700 in Phoenix).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Phoenix
Population	21,343	4,383
Median age	47.7 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,782	$60,656
Median home value	$573,700	$367,700
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,263
Housing units	11,499	1,916
Homeownership rate	50.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.0%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Phoenix
Population	21,056 → 21,343 (+1.4%)	4,582 → 4,383 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$56,315 → $71,782 (+27.5%)	$30,444 → $60,656 (+99.2%)
Median home value	$441,900 → $573,700 (+29.8%)	$188,400 → $367,700 (+95.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,367 (+26.0%)	$814 → $1,263 (+55.2%)

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

Phoenix

Population

4,5824,383

Median household income

$30,444$60,656

Median home value

$188,400$367,700

Median gross rent

$814$1,263

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Phoenix
Under 5	3.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.2%	8.1%
18 to 24	15.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	17.7%	17.9%
75 and over	10.9%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	1.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.0%
Some other race	0.1%	5.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Phoenix
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	9.1%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Phoenix
Drove alone	59.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.8%
Public transit	1.0%	7.7%
Walked	9.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	3.6%	2.3%
Worked from home	21.1%	10.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	59.0%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	8.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Phoenix
Poverty rate	14.2%	13.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1979	1990