† 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
GroupAshlandWisconsinUnited States
German28.8%35.8%12.5%
Irish9.4%10.4%9.4%
Polish8.9%7.6%2.2%
Finnish8.2%——
English7.0%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian5.8%6.1%—
Swedish5.5%——
American3.4%3.4%5.3%
Mexican2.2%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.6%1.1%1.8%
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
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
40.9
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
13.0%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.9%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ashland
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$54,529
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.8%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.5%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ashland
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.7%
9.1%
22.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.5%
0.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
0.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ashland
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
—
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.0%
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, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+35.0%
2008
+43.6%
2012
+37.3%
2016
+23.8%
2020
+26.8%
2024
+24.4%
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
61.4%Harris2,599
36.9%Trump1,564
1.7%
D+24.4
R+2.4
D+25.9
4,234
D
62.5%Biden2,661
35.7%Trump1,519
1.8%
D+26.8
D+3.0
D+22.4
4,255
D
58.3%Clinton2,349
34.5%Trump1,389
7.2%
D+23.8
R+13.4
D+21.7
4,027
D
67.7%Obama2,746
30.5%Romney1,235
1.8%
D+37.3
R+6.4
D+33.4
4,055
D
70.8%Obama3,072
27.1%McCain1,178
2.1%
D+43.6
D+8.7
D+36.4
4,341
D
67.0%Kerry3,063
32.0%Bush1,463
1.0%
D+35.0
—
D+37.4
4,574
Ashland sits on Chequamegon Bay and carries a working-class, historically Democratic lean rooted in its iron-ore and lumber past, yet recent cycles have shown tightening margins as rural drift reshapes northern Wisconsin.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.6 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.4 points.
A population of 7,902, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,529 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Edgerton and Portage.
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, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 24.4 points (D+24.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,234 votes cast, 2,599 went Democratic and 1,564 went Republican.
How many people live in Ashland, Wisconsin?
Ashland, Wisconsin has a population of 7,902 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ashland, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Ashland, Wisconsin is $54,529 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Ashland, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ashland, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
