County profile
Ashland County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1116 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,851
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,021
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
52,523
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$69.9k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±1.7%
Poverty rate
13.3%±2.7%
Business applications
496 · 2025
Retail establishments
143
27.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing26%
Health care21%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation13%
Professional services11%
Other services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
52,523
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+413
International migration+105
Natural change−449
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$186.8k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$888/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±1.6%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$17.7M
66 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
46.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 81Ice storm 80Winter weather 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3252016
3332017
3632018
3742019
3962020
4372021
5012022
5382023
5952024
6262025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 8% since 2021612021
872022
432023
572024
662025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.1 km
I-71
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
ASRY
Nearest port
65.7 km
CARMEUSE - HURON
Nearest commercial airport
20.8 km
MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ashland?
Ashland's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.