Ashland is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) and the main village in the

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

of Ashland in Grafton County,

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,082 at the 2020 census, out of 1,938 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP is in the southwestern part of the town of Ashland, on both sides of the

Squam River The Squam River is a river located in central New Hampshire in the United States. The river is the outlet of Squam Lake, the second-largest lake in New Hampshire, and it is a tributary of the Pemigewasset River, which itself is a tributary of the ...

, which descends through the center of town. The CDP is bordered to the south by the town of New Hampton and to the west by

Interstate 93 Interstate 93 (I-93) is an Interstate Highway in the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont in the United States. Spanning approximately along a north–south axis, it is one of three primary Interstate Highways ...

. The northern border of the CDP runs east and west from the junction of River Street with

U.S. Route 3 U.S. Route 3 (US 3) is a United States highway running from Cambridge, Massachusetts, through New Hampshire, to the Canada–US border near Third Connecticut Lake, where it connects to Quebec Route 257. Massachusetts Route 3 connects to ...

just south of the dam on the Squam River that controls the elevations

Little Squam Lake Little Squam Lake is a water body located in Grafton County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the towns of Holderness and Ashland. The lake connects upstream via a short channel to Squam Lake in Holderness. The ...

and

Squam Lake Squam Lake is a lake located in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, south of the White Mountains, straddling the borders of Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap counties. The largest town center on the lake is Holderness. The l ...

, while the eastern edge of the CDP is east of Thompson Street and Ledgewood Lane.

and

New Hampshire Route 25 New Hampshire Route 25 is a long east–west state highway in New Hampshire. It runs completely across the state from Vermont to Maine. The western terminus of Route 25 is at the Vermont state line on the Connecticut River in Piermont, where the ...

run through the center of Ashland, leading northeast (US 3 southbound and NH 25 eastbound) to

Holderness Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wit ...

and northwest (US 3 northbound and NH 25 westbound) to

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

crosses Routes 3 and 25 on the west side of the CDP at Exit 24; I-93 leads north to Littleton and south to

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New Hampshire Route 132 New Hampshire Route 132 (abbreviated NH 132) is a north–south highway in Belknap and Merrimack counties in central New Hampshire. NH 132 runs from Concord north to Ashland in the Lakes Region, parallel to Interstate 93. The southern termin ...

runs south from Routes 3 and 25 in the center of Ashland to New Hampton. According to the

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, the Ashland CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.59%, are water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,244 people, 599 households, and 305 families residing in the CDP. There were 685 housing units, of which 86, or 12.6%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the town was 96.9%

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, 0.2%

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, 0.3% Native American, 0.9%

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n, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 1.4% from two or more races. 1.3% of the population were

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of any race. Of the 599 households in the CDP, 21.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.4% were headed by

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.1% were non-families. 38.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08, and the average family size was 2.79. 18.0% of people in the CDP were under the age of 18, 10.9% were from age 18 to 24, 24.4% were from 25 to 44, 29.4% were from 45 to 64, and 17.4% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.8 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $40,000, and the median income for a family was $52,452. Male full-time workers had a median income of $37,617 versus $27,007 for females. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the CDP was $20,506. 14.9% of the population and 8.3% of families were below the poverty line, along with 16.3% of people under the age of 18 and 5.8% of people 65 or older.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New Hampshire Census-designated places in Grafton County, New Hampshire