Ashland is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 6,597 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Ashland is the 129th largest community in Virginia.

Ashland is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ashland is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashland who work in office and administrative support jobs (25.35%), sales jobs (8.64%), and teaching (8.21%).

Also of interest is that Ashland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Ashland is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Ashland enrolled in college, Ashland has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Being a small town, Ashland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Ashland Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Ashland who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 20.68% of adults in Ashland have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ashland in 2000 was $16,932, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $67,728 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Ashland is English. Some people also speak Spanish.