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Ashville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $360K, 4.4 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income. It grades A− overall, 208th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 74% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 80% of U.S. towns. 12% of residents are 65 or older in Ashville, where Ohio’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. Ashville Depot is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Ashville beats most towns.
4,097 counted in 2010 and 4,529 in 2020; an estimated 4,819 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 6.3% since 2020, after 10.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Ashville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 430 in 1890, 4,529 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1816 and 5 maps from 1914 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ashville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
20 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
31 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
30 mi State parkHocking Hills State ParkOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Hocking Hills State Park: Ramseybuckeye, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ashville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Ashville.
Ashville is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Columbus and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
Trails total 1.2 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Ashville: 2, covering 10 acres. Its trail density is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Ashville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ashville Community Park | 0.4 mi | 9 |
| 2. Ashville West Side Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The share of households in Ashville who live in a home they own: 54%. Zillow values the typical Ashville home at about $360,000, up 2.9% in a year, 46% above the Ohio typical home. Homes sold in Ashville spent a median 43 days on the market.
| Ashville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $999 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The level of violent crime for Ashville comes to 1.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Ashville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.4 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Ashville has 666 jobs for its 2,326 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The top destinations are Columbus (33%), Grove City (5%) and Groveport (3%). Employers in Ashville added 118 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 666. Also worth knowing: for Ashville, the typical journey to work is 20 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles.
| Ashville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Ohio towns; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Ashville, 80% come from inland flooding and 6% from tornadoes. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2019.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 86° on a July afternoon, with about 15 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 10,144 U.S. towns with household incomes like Ashville’s, it is healthier than 62%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income. Its B− for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Walnut Township (C) comes closest.
Among adults in Ashville, 17% smoke cigarettes. This Ohio town beats the Ohio average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. Two figures for adults here: 28% have been diagnosed with depression, 36% feel lonely.
| Ashville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Ashville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 10.8% | 13.2% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 57.5% | 62.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ashville
About 2 of every 100 Ashville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Ashville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Ohio, United States
Ashville is a village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,621 at the 2020 census. Ashville is located 17 miles south of Columbus and 8 miles north of Circleville.
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3 towns share a border with Ashville.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; South Bloomfield (B) comes closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashville | #208 | A− | B+ | A− | B+ | B− |
| South Bloomfield | #486 | B | B+ | B+ | B+ | D |
| Harrison Township | #551 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Walnut Township | #919 | C− | C | — | B+ | C |
Harrison Township and Walnut Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Ashville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Ashville grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #208 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B− for health, A− for safety and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
