Work & commute · Ash Fork

Work & commute in Ash Fork, AZ

Most working residents leave Ash Fork for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (13%), Seligman (13%) and Flagstaff (4%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

8 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

56 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 64 Ash Fork residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ash Fork.

64live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ash Fork goes to work

Phoenix115.9 mi away

13%9

Seligman22 mi away

13%9

Ash Fork (in town)right here

11%8

Flagstaff49.2 mi away

4%3

Peach Springs57.3 mi away

4%3

Prescott Valley43.9 mi away

3%2

Tucson231.3 mi away

3%2

Mesa133.2 mi away

3%2

Glendale117.6 mi away

3%2

Winslow101.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%31

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ash Fork commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

21%

13%

15%

51%

21%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ash Fork is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ash Fork are

127 jobs are based in Ash Fork. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ash Fork’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ash Fork

127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Ash Fork residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−35%

Jobs based in Ash Fork, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 127. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.