Ashland vs Coaldale

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (2,495 vs 2,353 in Coaldale). Coaldale has the higher median household income ($60,982 vs $52,283 in Ashland). Coaldale has the higher median home value ($69,300 vs $60,000 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Coaldale
Population	2,495	2,353
Median age	44.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,283	$60,982
Median home value	$60,000	$69,300
Median gross rent	$747	$838
Housing units	1,588	1,118
Homeownership rate	63.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Coaldale
Population	2,705 → 2,495 (-7.8%)	2,245 → 2,353 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$37,457 → $52,283 (+39.6%)	$36,953 → $60,982 (+65.0%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $60,000 (+1.7%)	$48,500 → $69,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $747 (+4.5%)	$692 → $838 (+21.1%)

Ashland

Population

2,7052,495

Median household income

$37,457$52,283

Median home value

$59,000$60,000

Median gross rent

$715$747

Coaldale

Population

2,2452,353

Median household income

$36,953$60,982

Median home value

$48,500$69,300

Median gross rent

$692$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Coaldale
Under 5	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	19.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Coaldale
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Coaldale
No high school diploma	15.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	50.7%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Coaldale
Drove alone	66.4%	87.6%
Carpooled	25.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	2.1%
Other means	1.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Coaldale
1-unit, detached	30.3%	32.4%
1-unit, attached	52.9%	59.8%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Coaldale
Poverty rate	20.6%	17.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938