Ashland profile

Living in Ashland

Ashland is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 20,382 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Ashland is the 18th largest community in Kentucky.

Ashland is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ashland is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashland who work in office and administrative support (11.91%), healthcare (10.02%), and food service (9.92%).

The citizens of Ashland are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.48% of adults in Ashland having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ashland in 2010 was $24,184, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,736 for a family of four. However, Ashland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ashland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ashland include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Ashland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.