Editing Ashland, Massachusetts (section)

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
{{Historical populations | type=USA
 | 1850|1304
 | 1860|1554
 | 1870|2186
 | 1880|2394
 | 1890|2532
 | 1900|1525
 | 1910|1682
 | 1920|2287
 | 1930|2307
 | 1940|2479
 | 1950|3500
 | 1960|7779
 | 1970|8882
 | 1980|9165
 | 1990|12066
 | 2000|14674
 | 2010|16593
 | 2020|18832
 | 2022*|18466
 | footnote=* = population estimate.  {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref>{{cite web| title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020−2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=November 25, 2023| url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html| archive-date=July 11, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711040810/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
At the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]],<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov/|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 13, 2013|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> there were 16,593 people, 6,385 households and 4,531 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,338.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,609 housing units at an average density of {{convert|533.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 84.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 8.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 4.5% of the population.

There were 6,484 households, of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.7% had a male householder with no wife present, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.04.

Of the 16,593 people in the population, 24.9% were under the age of 18, 5.5% were 15 to 19 years of age, 4.1% were 20 to 24 years of age, 27.9% were 25 to 44 years of age, 30.7% were 45 to 64 years of age, and 10.9% were 65 years and over. The median age was 40.1 years. For every 100 females, there was 94.6 males. For every 100 females 18 years and over there were 92.0 males.
 
The [[median household income]] was $93,770, and the median family income was $116,799. The median income of individuals working full-time was $79,485 for males versus $60,720 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $46,626. About 2.2% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.