Ashland vs Orwigsburg

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

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

Orwigsburg has the higher population (3,004 vs 2,495 in Ashland). Orwigsburg has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $52,283 in Ashland). Orwigsburg has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $60,000 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Orwigsburg
Population	2,495	3,004
Median age	44.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,283	$80,000
Median home value	$60,000	$194,200
Median gross rent	$747	$730
Housing units	1,588	1,095
Homeownership rate	63.0%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Orwigsburg
Population	2,705 → 2,495 (-7.8%)	2,974 → 3,004 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$37,457 → $52,283 (+39.6%)	$59,647 → $80,000 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $60,000 (+1.7%)	$157,700 → $194,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $747 (+4.5%)	$719 → $730 (+1.5%)

Ashland

Population

2,7052,495

Median household income

$37,457$52,283

Median home value

$59,000$60,000

Median gross rent

$715$747

Orwigsburg

Population

2,9743,004

Median household income

$59,647$80,000

Median home value

$157,700$194,200

Median gross rent

$719$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Orwigsburg
Under 5	7.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	8.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	19.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	12.5%
75 and over	8.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Orwigsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Orwigsburg
No high school diploma	15.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	50.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Orwigsburg
Drove alone	66.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	25.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	11.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Orwigsburg
1-unit, detached	30.3%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	52.9%	20.1%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Orwigsburg
Poverty rate	20.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1938	1957