52,420 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
423 square miles of land · 124 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
10 active community water systems list Ashland County in the area they serve, reporting 25,742 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ASHLAND CITY groundwater · local government · OH0300112 | 20,648 served |
| LOUDONVILLE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH0301012 | 2,641 served |
| PERRYSVILLE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH0301212 | 735 served |
| JEROMESVILLE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH0300912 | 500 served |
| HAYESVILLE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH0300712 | 448 served |
| BAILEY LAKES VILLAGE buys surface water · local government · OH0300312 | 374 served |
| MOHICAN YOUNG STAR ACADEMY groundwater · public/private · OH0301112 | 150 served |
| HIDDEN ACRES MHP groundwater · private · OH0300812 | 85 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 103 people were held in Ashland County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 323 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 120.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
6 school districts have their office in Ashland County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $44.5 million — $37.7 million to run schools, about $12,055 per student, plus $5.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.5 million local (mostly property tax), $15.5 million state, $8.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.6 million.
Spent $18.7 million — $17.4 million to run schools, about $16,460 per student, plus $979,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9 million local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $45,000.
Spent $17.1 million — $15.1 million to run schools, about $17,433 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $101,000.
Spent $11.9 million — $11.4 million to run schools, about $13,481 per student, plus $240,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $5.9 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $48,000.
Spent $39.9 million — $13 million to run schools, about $17,303 per student, plus $23.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15 million local (mostly property tax), $4.4 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $61.7 million.
Spent $10.4 million — $8.2 million to run schools, about $22,855 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.1 million local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $739,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Ashland County about $14.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
283 bridges in Ashland County: 182 in good condition, 94 fair, and 7 poor (2.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| USR 224 over VERMILLION RIVER · built 1998 | 3,222 vehicles a day |
| CR 30A over JEROME FORK · built 1950 | 1,362 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 1600 over JEROME FORK · built 1969 | 854 vehicles a day |
| TOWNSHIP ROAD 1104 over LANG CREEK · built 1977 | 349 vehicles a day |
| TOWNSHIP RD 1133 over BRANCH OF LANG CREEK · built 1979 | 209 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 658 over CLEAR CREEK · built 1969 | 180 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $25.4 million of work in Ashland County in fiscal 2025, about $484 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Ohio are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Ashland County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Ashland County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Richland County (15 mi) · Wayne County (20 mi) · Holmes County (26 mi) · Huron County (27 mi) · Medina County (27 mi) · Knox County (31 mi).