LATEST AVAILABLE DATA
2000 → 2020–24
2,611 youth · 2020–24
City · 2020–24 ACSThe 2000 Census counted 3,676 city residents under 18. The 2020–24 ACS estimate is 2,611: a decline of 29.0%. This is a city population count, not ASD enrollment.
Original data ↗2024 · Below the ALICE threshold
4,936 households · 2024
City · 2024 dataALICE means Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. This figure includes households in poverty and those above poverty whose incomes fall short of basic costs: 4,936 of 10,536 households. Source: United For ALICE, 2026 release.
Original data ↗2020–24 · Home value ÷ income
$583,800 ÷ $68,028 · 2020–24
City · 2020–24 ACSMedian owner-occupied home value divided by median household income from the same ACS period. Home value is not the current sale price. The ratio compares two separate medians.
Original data ↗2000 → 2020–24 estimate
41.7% of the population · 2020–24
8,865 residents · 2020–24
City · 2020–24 ACS2000–01 → 2025–26
2,364 students · June 2026
District total · 2025–262020–21 → 2024–25
119,472 credit hours · 2024–25
Fall–spring · 2024–252000 → 2025
108 births · 2025
ZIP 97520 / Jackson · 2025 finalSOU credit hours compare 2020–21 with 2024–25; a credit hour measures course activity, not a student. The 55+ change compares the 2000 Census count with the 2020–24 ACS estimate. Figures cover the places and reporting periods shown above.
Ashland’s lower poverty rate may partly reflect who can still afford to live here. Younger adults and families face rent, a first home purchase and childcare costs, often on entry-level or mid-career wages.
When a typical home is beyond reach even for a household earning the area’s median family income, some families may move elsewhere in the Rogue Valley—or never move into Ashland. The city can then look wealthier in the statistics while becoming less affordable for working families.
This is a possible explanation, not a measured cause of the population decline. Local housing and economic studies document affordability pressures, but these data do not track why individual families moved. Changes in poverty measures also depend on the years and definitions compared.
City economic analysis · City housing analysis