About Ashford

Ashford is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,704 people and just one neighborhood, Ashford is the 125th largest community in Alabama.

Ashford is a blue-collar town, with 37.6% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Ashford is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashford who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.51%), sales jobs (11.66%), and management occupations (5.62%).

Ashford is a very car-oriented town. 97.04% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Ashford is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Ashford has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Ashford is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Ashford Information and Demographics

In Ashford, just 11.05% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Ashford in 2000 was $15,961, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $63,844 for a family of four.

Ashford is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ashford home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ashford is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ashford include Irish, English, German, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Ashford is English.