Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Ashland
Ashland fits 18,832 people onto 12.3 square miles of Middlesex County, which works out to about 1,526 residents per square mile, and the numbers underneath that describe a town that is younger and wealthier than the Commonwealth as a whole. Almost one resident in five is under 18, and almost as many are 65 or older. Three homes in four are lived in by the people who own them. The median household income is $127,106 and the poverty rate is 4.1 percent. More than one resident in five was born outside the United States, and 28.3 percent of households speak a language other than English at home. Every figure below is from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 18,832
- Households: 7,573
- Persons per household: 2.5
- Foreign-born: 21.9% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 17.3%
- Under 18: 18.6%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 69.6%
- Asian: 15.0%
- Black or African American: 5.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 7.6%
- Two or more races: 6.0%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 28.3%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $127,106
- Poverty rate: 4.1%
- Median home value: $586,000
- Median gross rent: $2,334
- Homeownership: 75.5% of units
- In the labor force: 73.3%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Ashland’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, which is worth knowing before anyone tells you how this town votes.
- Total registered: 12,944
- Unenrolled (no party): 8,734 (67.48%)
- Democrats: 3,077 (23.77%)
- Republicans: 1,035 (8.00%)
Sources
See how Ashland fits into the broader Commonwealth.