Ashland County vs Price County

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

Ashland County and Price County are counties in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashland County has the higher population (16,050 vs 14,077 in Price County). Price County has the higher median household income ($58,720 vs $57,645 in Ashland County). Ashland County has the higher median home value ($160,500 vs $146,000 in Price County).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland County	Price County
Population	16,050	14,077
Median age	43.1 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,645	$58,720
Median home value	$160,500	$146,000
Median gross rent	$665	$801
Housing units	9,402	10,799
Homeownership rate	72.4%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland County	Price County
Population	15,617 → 16,050 (+2.8%)	13,416 → 14,077 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$42,510 → $57,645 (+35.6%)	$47,956 → $58,720 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $160,500 (+41.9%)	$122,500 → $146,000 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $665 (+5.4%)	$698 → $801 (+14.8%)

Ashland County

Population

15,61716,050

Median household income

$42,510$57,645

Median home value

$113,100$160,500

Median gross rent

$631$665

Price County

Population

13,41614,077

Median household income

$47,956$58,720

Median home value

$122,500$146,000

Median gross rent

$698$801

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland County	Price County
Under 5	5.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	17.0%
75 and over	8.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland County	Price County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland County	Price County
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	35.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland County	Price County
Drove alone	73.6%	78.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland County	Price County
1-unit, detached	76.0%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Ashland County	Price County
Poverty rate	16.4%	13.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1972	1975