Ashland vs Talent

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

Ashland and Talent 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 6,271 in Talent). Ashland has the higher median household income ($71,782 vs $53,843 in Talent). Ashland has the higher median home value ($573,700 vs $365,500 in Talent).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Talent
Population	21,343	6,271
Median age	47.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,782	$53,843
Median home value	$573,700	$365,500
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,441
Housing units	11,499	3,208
Homeownership rate	50.6%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.0%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Talent
Population	21,056 → 21,343 (+1.4%)	6,503 → 6,271 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$56,315 → $71,782 (+27.5%)	$40,385 → $53,843 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$441,900 → $573,700 (+29.8%)	$218,500 → $365,500 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,367 (+26.0%)	$927 → $1,441 (+55.4%)

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

Talent

Population

6,5036,271

Median household income

$40,385$53,843

Median home value

$218,500$365,500

Median gross rent

$927$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Talent
Under 5	3.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	15.3%	14.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	17.7%	13.2%
75 and over	10.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Talent
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Talent
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	9.1%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Talent
Drove alone	59.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	9.2%
Public transit	1.0%	3.4%
Walked	9.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	3.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	11.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Talent
1-unit, detached	59.0%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	8.3%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Talent
Poverty rate	14.2%	15.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1979	1993