Work & commute · Ashley

Work & commute in Ashley, IN

Most working residents leave Ashley for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (16%), Angola (11%) and Auburn (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 474 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 448 Ashley residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 1,459 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashley.

448live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

1,459work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashley goes to work

Fort Wayne30.2 mi away

16%78

Angola9.1 mi away

11%50

Auburn10.6 mi away

8%37

Ashley (in town)right here

5%26

Hamilton7.4 mi away

5%24

Butler11.8 mi away

5%22

Waterloo5.8 mi away

4%19

Kendallville11.5 mi away

4%19

Elkhart48 mi away

3%13

Wilmington11.6 mi away

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%173

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

How far

How far Ashley commutes

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

32%

39%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashley is a job hub

3.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashley are

1,485 jobs are based in Ashley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ashley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ashley

1,485 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Ashley residents hold

474 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−14%

Jobs based in Ashley, 2013 → 2023: 1,717 → 1,485. 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.