Ashley vs St. Louis

A side-by-side comparison of Ashley and St. Louis: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashley and St. Louis are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Louis has the higher population (6,926 vs 440 in Ashley). Ashley has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $46,096 in St. Louis). St. Louis has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $105,000 in Ashley).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley	St. Louis
Population	440	6,926
Median age	50.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$46,096
Median home value	$105,000	$115,700
Median gross rent	$875	$865
Housing units	206	1,494
Homeownership rate	67.8%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley	St. Louis
Population	525 → 440 (-16.2%)	7,189 → 6,926 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$34,000 → $53,750 (+58.1%)	$41,726 → $46,096 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $105,000 (+53.7%)	$82,100 → $115,700 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $875 (+39.3%)	$682 → $865 (+26.8%)

Ashley

Population

525440

Median household income

$34,000$53,750

Median home value

$68,300$105,000

Median gross rent

$628$875

St. Louis

Population

7,1896,926

Median household income

$41,726$46,096

Median home value

$82,100$115,700

Median gross rent

$682$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley	St. Louis
Under 5	3.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	8.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	21.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	19.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.2%
75 and over	18.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley	St. Louis
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	59.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	25.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley	St. Louis
No high school diploma	15.1%	12.9%
High school graduate	37.3%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley	St. Louis
Drove alone	82.6%	88.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	7.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley	St. Louis
1-unit, detached	71.4%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashley	St. Louis
Poverty rate	17.4%	15.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1968	1967