County · Wisconsin

Ashland County, Wisconsin

Ashland County, Wisconsin has a quality-of-life score of 77 out of 100 (high), ranking #730 of 3,143 US counties. Within Wisconsin it ranks #49 of 72 counties. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), primary care physicians (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on days with unhealthy air (high), child care cost burden (high) and comfortable days (low).

77High

Quality-of-life score: #730 of 3,143 counties
Wisconsin: #49 of 72 in WI
Population: 16,203 (2025)
Land area: 1,045 mi²
Density: 15.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 55003

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map Federal contracts here

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety54#1,437/3,096
Economy37#1,993/3,143
Housing80#637/3,140
Health34#2,082/3,144
Healthcare92#257/3,143
Environment87#408/3,108
Education81#603/3,144
Infrastructure52#1,495/3,144
Community77#721/3,144
Leisure & amenities87#411/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ashland County, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low0.6
99/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Primary care physicians · high193 /100k
99/100Wisconsin 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.2 µg/m³
97/100Wisconsin 7.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hot days · low0 days
97/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Restaurants and bars · high22.2 /10k
96/100Wisconsin 12.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
High school diploma or higher · high95.5%
96/100Wisconsin 93.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Days with unhealthy air · high3.6%
4/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Child care cost burden · high41.5%
5/100Wisconsin 30.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · low22.3%
5/100Wisconsin 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Distance to an airport · high162 mi
7/100Wisconsin 37 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Injury deaths · high148 /100k
7/100Wisconsin 101 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · high153 mi
8/100Wisconsin 40 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.8 /1k (2021) → 3.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+304%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
25% (2021) → 43% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+17 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
26.2% (2020 & 2021) → 41.5% (2023 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.7% (2015-2019) → 84.8% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
35.6 /100k (2021) → 13.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−61%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Violent crime rateImproving
336 /100k (2020) → 133 /100k (2025)
−60%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Ashland County, Wisconsin improved on 13 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 15 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Poverty−4.6 points17.8% → 13.2%
Unemployment−4.8 points8.7% → 3.9%
Rent / income−3.9 points29.1% → 25.2%
Violent crime−60%336 /100k → 133 /100k
Broadband+14 points70.7% → 84.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Ashland County, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.7 /10k2020	4.9 /10k2025	+32%	Within the margin of error	82%
Average commute time	16.6 min2015-2019	17.8 min2020-2024	+1.3 min	Within the margin of error	31%
Average weekly wage	$8322020	$1,0282025	+24%	Improved	48%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	81%
Broadband subscriptions	70.7%2015-2019	84.8%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	76%
Child poverty rate	23.3%2019	17.7%2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Distance to an airport	162 mi2020	162 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	22.7 /100k2020	13.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−39%	Within the margin of error	63%
Effective property tax rate	1.63%2015-2019	1.30%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	92%
Firearm deaths	11.8 /100k2020	14.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+25%	Within the margin of error	19%
Grocery stores	3.1 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	−21%	Within the margin of error	18%
High school diploma or higher	92.2%2015-2019	95.5%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,0222019	$57,3752024	+27%	Improved	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4412015-2019	0.4272020-2024	−0.014	Within the margin of error	75%
Median household income	$47,2022019	$61,5242024	+30%	Improved	77%
New business applications	8.4 /1k2020	10.1 /1k2025	+19%	Improved	22%
Pharmacies	2.5 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−26%	Within the margin of error	18%
Poverty rate	17.8%2019	13.2%2024	−4.6 points	Improved	98%
Property crime rate	2,174 /100k2020	1,495 /100k2025	−31%	Improved	42%
Public libraries	1.9 /10k2019	1.9 /10k2024	−4.3%	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	25.2%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Improved	87%
Rent-burdened households	47.9%2015-2019	37.0%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Restaurants and bars	25.0 /10k2020	22.2 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	24%
Students per teacher	13.7×2019	12.9×2024	−0.8×	Improved	55%
Suicide rate	17.6 /100k2020	19.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+11%	Within the margin of error	34%
Traffic deaths	15.4 /100k2015-2019	12.4 /100k2020-2024	−19%	Within the margin of error	78%
Unemployment rate	8.7%2020	3.9%2025	−4.8 points	Improved	92%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.9%2019	6.7%2024	−2.2 points	Improved	72%
Violent crime rate	336 /100k2020	133 /100k2025	−60%	Improved	93%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Ashland County, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ashland County, Wisconsin in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Ashland County, Wisconsin itself moved +9.1 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

16,080 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

6,832 households (±222)

Ashland County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k20%1,334
$25k–50k21%1,423
$50k–75k19%1,329

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

6,832 households (±222)

Ashland County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own73%5,017
Rent27%1,815

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.2 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

7,470 workers (±254)

Ashland County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone74%5,520
Carpool7.2%539
Public transit1.1%†80

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Ashland County has 491 employer establishments, 304 for every 10,000 residents (1.23× the US rate of 248; 1.25× Wisconsin's), with 5,987 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,135. The Census Bureau also counts 1,191 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 491; 1,191 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 304; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 5,987
Average annual pay: $46,135; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Ashland County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	38	23.6	1.52×More than typical	304	$70,441	124
Restaurants and other eating places	34	21.1	1.15×About typical	447	$19,955	4
Ambulatory health care services	25	15.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	364	$71,423	34
Full-service restaurants	20	12.4	1.61×More than typical	236	$21,131	—
Building equipment contractors	18	11.2	1.85×More than typical	181	$74,188	22
Construction of buildings	17	10.5	1.39×More than typical	68	$41,956	91
Religious organizations	16	9.9	1.79×More than typical	67	$15,299	—
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	15	9.3	7.67×More than typical	48	$14,729	8
Gasoline stations	13	8.1	2.49×More than typical	173	$26,006	—
Truck transportation	13	8.1	1.59×More than typical	53	$39,340	26
Limited-service restaurants	12	7.4	0.93×About typical	197	$18,701	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	12	7.4	1.10×About typical	54	$21,500	92

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,134 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $601.9K on contracts performed in Ashland County, Wisconsin: $37.15 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $601.9K; −22% vs FY2025
Per resident: $37.15; US $1,995
Sole-source: 10%; US 30%
Single offer: 15%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$242.4K40%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$158.7K26%
U.S. Geological Survey$74.5K12%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$47K7.8%
National Park Service$34.7K5.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$24.1K4.0%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$20.5K3.4%

Top recipients

M JOLMA INC.$171.1K28%
SUPERIOR FENCE & EXCAVATING, LLC$158.7K26%
PANACEA CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC$64.7K11%
M & S INC$47K7.8%
KASSIDY FRAME$27.1K4.5%

Spending by fiscal year

762.3KFY2017
270.2KFY2018
1.4MFY2019
1.6MFY2020
628.5KFY2021
1.5MFY2022
665.9KFY2023
3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$329.8K55%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$64.7K11%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$50.7K8.4%
Other textile product mills · 3149$47K7.8%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$30K5.0%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

CNF-CON SRS2-SMITH SNYDER DECOMMISSIONING SERVICE CONTRACT FOR COMPLETE DEMOLITION AND SITE RESTORATION OF DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS AT 2 ACQUIRED PROPERTIES ON THE GREAT DIVIDE DISTRICT.$171.1K
M JOLMA INC.· Ashland County, WI· Facilities & utilities· Jun 22, 2026 – Jun 22, 2026· 12444626F0019
PREDATOR FENCE INSTALLATION$83K
SUPERIOR FENCE & EXCAVATING, LLC· Ashland County, WI· Construction & real property· Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 24, 2026· 12639526P0177
STUDENT CONTRACT - YANA GRUENEIS$77.5K
YANA ELIZABETH GRUENEIS· Ashland County, WI· Professional services· Jun 6, 2024 – Feb 26, 2026· 140G0224P0163
CONSTRUCT PREDATOR-PROOF FENCE

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $152.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Ashland County, Wisconsin: $9,421 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $152.6M; −5.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,421; US $12,975
Loan face value: $3.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$78.9M52%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$13.1M8.6%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$11.1M7.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$10.5M6.9%
15.036 · Indian Rights Protection$7.8M5.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$6M3.9%
15.066 · Tribal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative$3.2M2.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2.4M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$15.5M10%
MADISON, WI
BAD RIVER BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS$9.5M6.2%
ODANAH, WI
GREAT LAKES INDIAN FISH & WILDLIFE COMMISSION$8.5M5.6%
ODANAH, WI
BAD RIVER HOUSING AUTHORITY$2.4M1.6%
ODANAH, WI
ASHLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$97.8M64%
Federal Highway Administration$15.5M10%
Department of Transportation
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$15.4M10%
Department of the Interior
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$12.1M8.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

127.5MFY2021
133MFY2022
141.5MFY2023
150.8MFY2024
161.9MFY2025
152.6MFY2026

County aggregates

73%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Ashland County, Wisconsin compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Ashland County, Wisconsin
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Ashland County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ashland County, Wisconsin

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ashland County, Wisconsin is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Thomas P. TiffanyR-WI-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 10.4%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Ashland County

Places whose residents live mostly in Ashland County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-07
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/55003

FY2017

$49.16

$1,436

FY2018

$17.37

$1,552

FY2019

$91.76

$1,654

FY2020

$100

$1,880

FY2021

$39.11

$1,810

FY2022

$94.93

$1,917

FY2023

$41.27

$2,079

FY2024

$185

$2,047

FY2025

$47.42

$2,165

FY2026

$37.15 (partial year)

$1,912

FY2027

$0 (partial year)

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Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

−1.0%

2.0%

2015

0.5%

2.1%

2016

0.6%

1.7%

2017

0.4%

1.4%

2018

−0.3%

1.6%

2019

0.3%

1.4%

2020

−7.9%

−6.1%

2021

2.3%

3.4%

2022

1.1%

4.3%

2023

1.2%

2.1%

2024

1.8%

1.2%

2025

−1.0%

0.5%

Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

−4.5%

−4.2%

2015

−2.0%

−1.3%

2016

0.0%

2017

+6.5%

+3.3%

2018

+7.5%

+6.8%

2019

Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

7.4%

6.2%

2015

6.1%

5.3%

2016

5.3%

4.9%

2017

4.5%

4.4%

2018

4.3%

3.9%

2019

4.6%

Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

−5.0%

−5.5%

2015

−0.9%

−1.9%

2016

0.0%

2017

+3.8%

+4.1%

2018

+7.0%

+8.9%

2019

Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

0.5/1k

3.3/1k

2015

0.6/1k

3.7/1k

2016

0.8/1k

3.7/1k

2017

0.6/1k

3.9/1k

2018

0.5/1k

4.1/1k

Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

−1.6%

−6.9%

2015

−4.3%

−3.2%

2016

0.0%

2017

+4.4%

+4.7%

2018

+6.4%

+7.5%

2019

Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

14.9%

15.5%

2015

17.2%

14.7%

2016

14.5%

14.0%

2017

15.1%

13.4%

2018

15.8%

13.1%

2019

17.8%

Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

−5.2% (Dec 2014)

−10.8% (Dec 2014)

2015

−4.1% (Dec 2015)

−5.2% (Dec 2015)

2016

0.0% (Dec 2016)

2017

Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

11.3%

13.5%

2015

8.5%

10.9%

2016

7.5%

10.0%

2017

7.9%

10.2%

2018

8.2%

10.4%

2019

Calendar years

Ashland County, Wisconsin

United States

2014

6.1/1k

8.5/1k

2015

5.8/1k

8.7/1k

2016

5.5/1k

9.1/1k

2017

4.3/1k

9.8/1k

2018

7.3/1k

10.7/1k

2019

Year

Ashland County, Wisconsin

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−2.0 points

−2.1 points

−2.9 points to −1.4 points

Year −2

−10.2 points

−6.6 points

−8.3 points to −5.6 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

−1.2 points

−1.1 points

−3.6 points to +0.2 points

Year +1

−1.1 points

−1.2 points

−2.4 points to +0.3 points

Year +2

−0.5 points

Year

Ashland County, Wisconsin

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ashland County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2017	$1.26	$93.28
FY2018	-$11.03	$105
FY2019	$73.96	$128
FY2020	$63.69	$145
FY2021	$19.30	$117
FY2022	$65.51	$138
FY2023	$12.35	$159
FY2024	$153	$157
FY2025	$12.81	$149
FY2026	$9.80 (partial year)	$211
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ashland County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$57.93	$298
FY2022	$477	$357
FY2023	$679	$301
FY2024	$791	$319
FY2025	$557	$360
FY2026	$959 (partial year)	$349

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ashland County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$198	$239
FY2022	$258	$185
FY2023	$281	$229
FY2024	$269	$229
FY2025	$275	$249
FY2026	$251 (partial year)	$201

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ashland County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$806	$1,186
FY2022	$433	$465
FY2023	$129	$76.52
FY2024	$79.18	$120
FY2025	$94.37	$148
FY2026	$79.80 (partial year)	$108

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ashland County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$759	$5,748
FY2022	$1,150	$5,221
FY2023	$1,395	$5,364
FY2024	$1,539	$5,501
FY2025	$1,689	$5,732
FY2026	$1,409 (partial year)	$5,464
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ashland County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$180	$2,304
FY2022	$140	$2,197
FY2023	$109	$2,274
FY2024	$163	$2,267
FY2025	$126	$2,397
FY2026	$143 (partial year)	$2,610
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Scores by category

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What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined0

Counties like Ashland County, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

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Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

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Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

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Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

Representation in Congress

House

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Cities and towns in Ashland County

Neighboring counties

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Data and sources

Improved13

Declined0

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

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Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

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Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Money per resident

By type

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 7 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top buying agencies

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Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

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What was bought