It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Ashdown 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. Ashdown has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ashdown than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ashdown may be for you.
Ashdown is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Ashdown citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.89% of adults 25 and older in Ashdown have a college degree.
The per capita income in Ashdown in 2022 was $26,596, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,384 for a family of four. However, Ashdown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ashdown is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ashdown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashdown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ashdown include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Ashdown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
