Work & commute · Ashland

Work & commute in Ashland, CA

Most working residents leave Ashland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (14%), San Francisco (10%) and Hayward (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

284 of 10,027 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,743 Ashland residents head out of town to work, 284 work right here, and 2,945 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashland.

9,743live here, work elsewhere

284live and work here

2,945work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashland goes to work

Oakland8 mi away

14%1,394

San Francisco50.1 mi away

10%1,022

Hayward4.7 mi away

8%792

San Leandro2.6 mi away

7%734

Fremont16.8 mi away

5%459

San Jose32.1 mi away

4%352

Ashland (in town)right here

3%284

Pleasanton13 mi away

2%224

Palo Alto20.6 mi away

2%201

Union City8.3 mi away

2%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%4,370

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

How far

How far Ashland commutes

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

33%

49%

11%

33%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashland is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashland are

3,229 jobs are based in Ashland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ashland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ashland

3,229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ashland residents hold

10,027 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+52%

Jobs based in Ashland, 2013 → 2023: 2,123 → 3,229. 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.