Work & commute · Ash Grove

Work & commute in Ash Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Ash Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cissna Park (10%), Watseka (7%) and Champaign (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 274 Ash Grove residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ash Grove.

274live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ash Grove goes to work

Cissna Park4.4 mi away

10%28

Watseka12.3 mi away

7%20

Champaign41.5 mi away

6%17

Pigeon Grove7.8 mi away

6%17

Chicago84.3 mi away

5%14

Gilman12.1 mi away

5%13

Ash Grove (in town)right here

4%11

Gibson City29.6 mi away

3%9

Paxton17.4 mi away

3%8

Urbana39.8 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%140

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

How far

How far Ash Grove commutes

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

28%

19%

25%

28%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ash Grove is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ash Grove are

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

Jobs based in Ash Grove

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Ash Grove residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+10%

Jobs based in Ash Grove, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 57. 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.