With 21,259 people, Ashland is a city in Oregon. This is an unusually credentialed place: 66% of adults have a four-year degree. The median age is 47.7, about 9 years above the US median. Owners hold 52% of the housing stock. The typical home is worth $583,800, having roughly tripled since 2000. People stay put here: 76% were in the same home a year ago.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,028, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 47.7
US median: 38.9
More educated
66% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 73%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Ashland
What changed most since 1990
Median age34.4 → 47.7(+13.3 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Median home value (2024 dollars)$263,768 → $583,800(+121%)US over the same years: +67%
White share93.2% → 83.7%(−9.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Ashland's population equals 9.5% of Jackson County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 20% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 17% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)10.9%(135)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.1%(175)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era51.8%(641)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.7%(21)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.1%(1)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,237 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Ashland, decade by decade
Ashland population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
16,234
$56,591
$263,768
42.7%
16.3
2000
19,522
$59,513
$337,006
50.6%
23.4
2010
20,078
$57,744
$587,512
54.8%
28.8
2020
21,360
$70,739
$568,931
62.9%
42.7
2024
21,259
$68,028
$583,800
66.2%
35.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
