With 7,772 people, Ashland is a city in Virginia. This skews young, with a median age of 30.6. The poverty rate is 24.3%, above the 12.5% national rate. That trails the Virginia median by roughly 34%. People stay put here: 75% were in the same home a year ago. Owners hold 56% of the housing stock.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $61,164, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 30.6
US median: 38.9
Average education
38% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 64%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Ashland
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate7.4% → 24.3%(+16.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age28.2 → 30.6(+2.4 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Ashland's population equals 6.9% of Hanover County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 29% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 13% 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)17.6%(52)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)10.8%(32)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era31.4%(93)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War15.9%(47)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 296 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
5,864
$65,253
$195,846
23.1%
38.6
2000
6,619
$65,807
$179,251
20.7%
50.4
2010
7,225
$66,856
$274,767
23.6%
58.7
2020
7,565
$64,814
$237,196
32.0%
69.5
2024
7,772
$61,164
$293,200
38.0%
67.1
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.
