In Ashtabula, just 11.59% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Ashtabula in 2018 was $22,595, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,380 for a family of four. However, Ashtabula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ashtabula also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.68% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Ashtabula is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ashtabula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashtabula residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ashtabula also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.68% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ashtabula include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Ashtabula is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
