Ashtabula is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 17,785 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Ashtabula is the 104th largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Ashtabula was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Ashtabula is a blue-collar town, with 35.11% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Ashtabula is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashtabula who work in office and administrative support (10.25%), food service (8.62%), and sales jobs (8.36%). In Ashtabula, just 12.84% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Ashtabula in 2022 was $25,198, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,792 for a family of four. However, Ashtabula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ashtabula also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.57% of its population below the federal poverty line.Ashtabula is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ashtabula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashtabula residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ashtabula also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.55% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ashtabula include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Ashtabula is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
