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Ashland City, TN
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Ashland City profile


Living in Ashland City



Ashland City is a somewhat small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 5,516 people and five associated neighborhoods, Ashland City is the 113th largest community in Tennessee. Ashland City has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Ashland City, where the median household income is $69,974.00.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.71% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ashland City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ashland City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ashland City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ashland City may be for you.

One downside of living in Ashland City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ashland City, the average commute to work is 30.63 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The population of Ashland City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Ashland City, 24.29% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ashland City in 2018 was $38,625, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,500 for a family of four. However, Ashland City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ashland City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ashland City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashland City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ashland City include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Other Arab.

The most common language spoken in Ashland City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.