Ashland vs White City

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

Ashland and White City 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 10,913 in White City). Ashland has the higher median household income ($71,782 vs $65,370 in White City). Ashland has the higher median home value ($573,700 vs $273,700 in White City).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	White City
Population	21,343	10,913
Median age	47.7 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,782	$65,370
Median home value	$573,700	$273,700
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,128
Housing units	11,499	3,347
Homeownership rate	50.6%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.0%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	White City
Population	21,056 → 21,343 (+1.4%)	9,890 → 10,913 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$56,315 → $71,782 (+27.5%)	$44,724 → $65,370 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$441,900 → $573,700 (+29.8%)	$160,100 → $273,700 (+71.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,367 (+26.0%)	$1,037 → $1,128 (+8.8%)

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

White City

Population

9,89010,913

Median household income

$44,724$65,370

Median home value

$160,100$273,700

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,128

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	White City
Under 5	3.6%	10.2%
5 to 17	8.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	15.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	17.7%	7.9%
75 and over	10.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	White City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	52.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	41.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	White City
No high school diploma	4.1%	21.9%
High school graduate	9.1%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	White City
Drove alone	59.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	14.7%
Public transit	1.0%	1.0%
Walked	9.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	5.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	White City
1-unit, detached	59.0%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	34.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	White City
Poverty rate	14.2%	21.4%
Average household size	1.98	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1979	1986