Ashland vs Birch Hill

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

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

Ashland has the higher population (7,884 vs 279 in Birch Hill). Birch Hill has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $49,258 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median home value ($162,200 vs $54,200 in Birch Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Birch Hill
Population	7,884	279
Median age	40.2 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,258	$51,875
Median home value	$162,200	$54,200
Median gross rent	$697	$469
Housing units	3,830	98
Homeownership rate	60.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Birch Hill
Population	7,892 → 7,884 (-0.1%)	354 → 279 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$38,222 → $49,258 (+28.9%)	$40,000 → $51,875 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $162,200 (+50.6%)	$53,800 → $54,200 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $697 (+4.2%)	$405 → $469 (+15.8%)

Ashland

Population

7,8927,884

Median household income

$38,222$49,258

Median home value

$107,700$162,200

Median gross rent

$669$697

Birch Hill

Population

354279

Median household income

$40,000$51,875

Median home value

$53,800$54,200

Median gross rent

$405$469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Birch Hill
Under 5	4.8%	10.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	5.7%
18 to 24	12.4%	19.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	30.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	3.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	19.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	4.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	3.6%
75 and over	8.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Birch Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	3.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	93.9%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Birch Hill
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	34.5%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Birch Hill
Drove alone	72.6%	74.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	22.6%
Walked	8.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Birch Hill
1-unit, detached	68.3%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Birch Hill
Poverty rate	24.1%	44.8%
Average household size	2.14	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	13	21
Median year structure built	1957	1986