Nebraska · Census place 3102305

Ashland, Nebraska

Ashland is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska with an estimated 3,369 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 45th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,369; #45 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020: +8.7%; +269 people
Land area: 1.4 sq mi; + 0.03 sq mi water
Density: 2,459 / sq mi; State median 1,829

Orange pin: Ashland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

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Ashland population, 2020 to 2024

Ashland added 269 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.7%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,081. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ashland covers 1.37 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,459 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Ashland is denser than the typical town.

What county Ashland is in

All of Ashland's residents live in Saunders County, which had 23,406 residents in 2024. Ashland holds 14.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ashland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ashland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68003. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ashland is

The Census internal point of Ashland is at 41.039900, -96.372500. Lincoln, the capital, is 23.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gretna, NE (9,207 people), 11.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 22.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.039900, -96.372500
DMS: 41°02'23.64"N 96°22'21.00"W
UTM: 14N 720854.3E 4546512.6N
Geohash: 9z73qzpdt
Plus code: 86H52JQH+X2

Daylight in Ashland

At 41.04° N, Ashland gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ashland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Gretna, 11.0 miles away, with 9,207 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ashland, NE?

3,369 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 269 (8.7%) from 3,100 in July 2020.

What county is Ashland in?

Saunders County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ashland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68003.

How far is Ashland from Lincoln?

23.4 miles (37.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Ashland.

What is the nearest larger city to Ashland?

Gretna, NE, with 9,207 residents, 11.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.