Ashland vs Glidden

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

Ashland and Glidden 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 214 in Glidden). Ashland has the higher median household income ($49,258 vs $44,750 in Glidden). Ashland has the higher median home value ($162,200 vs $76,000 in Glidden).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Glidden
Population	7,884	214
Median age	40.2 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,258	$44,750
Median home value	$162,200	$76,000
Median gross rent	$697	$568
Housing units	3,830	288
Homeownership rate	60.0%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Glidden
Population	7,892 → 7,884 (-0.1%)	316 → 214 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$38,222 → $49,258 (+28.9%)	$31,917 → $44,750 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $162,200 (+50.6%)	$60,000 → $76,000 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $697 (+4.2%)	$493 → $568 (+15.2%)

Ashland

Population

7,8927,884

Median household income

$38,222$49,258

Median home value

$107,700$162,200

Median gross rent

$669$697

Glidden

Population

316214

Median household income

$31,917$44,750

Median home value

$60,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$493$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Glidden
Under 5	4.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	0.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	2.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.4%
75 and over	8.7%	31.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Glidden
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Glidden
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	34.5%	62.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Glidden
Drove alone	72.6%	54.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	14.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	17.2%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	14.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Glidden
1-unit, detached	68.3%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	16.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Glidden
Poverty rate	24.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.14	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1957	1971