Ashland vs Mellen

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

Ashland and Mellen 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 538 in Mellen). Ashland has the higher median household income ($49,258 vs $40,125 in Mellen). Ashland has the higher median home value ($162,200 vs $78,700 in Mellen).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Mellen
Population	7,884	538
Median age	40.2 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,258	$40,125
Median home value	$162,200	$78,700
Median gross rent	$697	$608
Housing units	3,830	333
Homeownership rate	60.0%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Mellen
Population	7,892 → 7,884 (-0.1%)	638 → 538 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$38,222 → $49,258 (+28.9%)	$31,389 → $40,125 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $162,200 (+50.6%)	$64,300 → $78,700 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $697 (+4.2%)	$523 → $608 (+16.3%)

Ashland

Population

7,8927,884

Median household income

$38,222$49,258

Median home value

$107,700$162,200

Median gross rent

$669$697

Mellen

Population

638538

Median household income

$31,389$40,125

Median home value

$64,300$78,700

Median gross rent

$523$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Mellen
Under 5	4.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	12.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	21.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.7%
75 and over	8.7%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Mellen
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	1.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Mellen
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	34.5%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Mellen
Drove alone	72.6%	77.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	12.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Mellen
1-unit, detached	68.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	4.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Mellen
Poverty rate	24.1%	12.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	13	16
Median year structure built	1957	1950