Work & commute · Ashmore

Work & commute in Ashmore, IL

Most working residents leave Ashmore for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (23%), Mattoon (18%) and Lafayette (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 297 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 293 Ashmore residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashmore.

293live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashmore goes to work

Charleston9 mi away

23%68

Mattoon18.6 mi away

18%54

Lafayette15 mi away

7%22

Effingham40.1 mi away

4%11

Champaign42.5 mi away

4%11

Urbana41.1 mi away

3%10

Paris18.6 mi away

3%8

Mattoon21.4 mi away

2%7

Charleston9.5 mi away

2%5

Ashmore (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%97

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

How far

How far Ashmore commutes

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

24%

41%

16%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashmore is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashmore are

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

Jobs based in Ashmore

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Ashmore residents hold

297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+27%

Jobs based in Ashmore, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 38. 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.