2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Middletown, VA vs Ashland, VA

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Highlights
- Household income in Ashland, is 14% more than it is in Middletown and is 24% below the National Average.
- Middletown unemployment rate is 3.8%.
- Ashland unemployment rate is 3.9%.
 Middletown, VAAshland, VAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.8%3.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.2%1.8%1.6%
 Future Job Growth42.1%37.7%33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.3%5.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.8%5.8%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$26,889$26,277$37,638
 Household Income$48,634$55,521$69,021
 Family Median Income$57,961$66,330$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Middletown, VAAshland, VAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K6.2%6.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K9.5%6.2%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K11.8%13.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.7%12.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K16.6%9.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.4%6.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K7.9%15.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.1%10.1%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K10.8%12.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.6%3.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.3%4.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Middletown, VAAshland, VAUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.8%15.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science2.8%2.2%6.5%
 Community, social services2.3%1.8%1.8%
 Legal0.3%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library5.8%7.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.7%1.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.9%3.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.7%1.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.5%4.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving7.5%6.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.8%7.4%3.6%
 Personal care1.8%3.5%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support17.6%18.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%1.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair11.9%4.3%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving27.7%20.3%13.1%
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Over 12 years ago

Ashland Is by far the best place to live without Living In the city of richmond yes the housing is more but its safer and has THE BEST SCHOOL IN VA. My brother loves his  More

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Where to begin: With a kid in college in this town I have access to all the good and bad opinions. Have you ever heard of Homemades By Suzanne? Great Deli for eat in  More

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Ashland is built around an excellent small liberal arts college, Randolph-Macon College. The school enjoys a great reputation with both Richmond and D.C. offering  More

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