Work & commute · Ashford

Work & commute in Ashford, CT

Most working residents leave Ashford for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Mansfield (11%), Windham (6%) and Willington (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 1,660 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,510 Ashford residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashford.

1,510live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashford goes to work

Mansfield8 mi away

11%180

Ashford (in town)right here

9%150

Windham12.6 mi away

6%94

Willington4.1 mi away

4%69

Killingly17.2 mi away

4%59

Worcester, MA31.8 mi away

3%48

Stafford9.2 mi away

3%47

Tolland9.7 mi away

3%42

Groton38.6 mi away

2%41

Putnam15.5 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%893

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

How far

How far Ashford commutes

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

29%

30%

31%

11%

29%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashford is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashford are

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

Jobs based in Ashford

488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ashford residents hold

1,660 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+4%

Jobs based in Ashford, 2013 → 2023: 467 → 488. 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.