† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAshlandCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican30.2%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.6%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan2.4%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.3%0.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.9%0.3%—
Spaniard0.7%0.3%—
Spanish0.7%0.3%—
Honduran0.6%—0.3%
Chinese7.3%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian6.4%2.3%1.4%
Filipino3.6%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese1.3%1.7%0.6%
Korean0.8%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.5%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.4%0.3%—
Pakistani0.3%——
African American†16.3%4.4%9.9%
African0.8%0.3%0.5%
Ethiopian0.8%——
Nigerian0.6%—0.2%
Jamaican0.4%—0.4%
German3.0%6.8%12.5%
English2.9%6.3%9.5%
Irish2.8%5.9%9.4%
Italian1.6%3.4%4.8%
American0.9%2.8%5.3%
French0.7%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese0.7%——
Polish0.6%0.9%2.2%
Aztec5.4%0.3%—
Maya3.6%——
Fijian3.6%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Ashland
California
United States
Median age
35.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.7%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ashland
California
United States
Median household income
$81,702
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.4%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ashland
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
56.8%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
32.6%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
8.5%
3.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
5.7%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ashland
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Ashland, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+57.3%
2008
+65.3%
2012
+71.4%
2016
+68.3%
2020
+61.3%
2024
+43.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
70.1%Harris4,043
26.2%Trump1,510
3.7%
D+43.9
R+17.4
D+45.4
5,767
D
79.7%Biden5,847
18.4%Trump1,348
2.0%
D+61.3
R+7.0
D+56.8
7,340
D
81.6%Clinton4,850
13.2%Trump786
5.2%
D+68.3
R+3.0
D+66.2
5,947
D
84.1%Obama4,497
12.7%Romney680
3.2%
D+71.4
D+6.1
D+67.5
5,347
D
82.5%Obama4,352
17.2%McCain908
0.3%
D+65.3
D+8.0
D+58.0
5,274
D
77.9%Kerry3,765
20.6%Bush998
1.4%
D+57.3
—
D+59.7
4,833
Ashland sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 71.4 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 17.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.9 points.
A population of 22,210, a 10% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,702 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cherryland and San Pablo.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Ashland, California voted Democratic by 43.9 points (D+43.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,767 votes cast, 4,043 went Democratic and 1,510 went Republican.
How many people live in Ashland, California?
Ashland, California has a population of 22,210 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ashland, California?
Median household income in Ashland, California is $81,702 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Ashland, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ashland, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
