Work & commute · Asherville

Work & commute in Asherville, KS

Most working residents leave Asherville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Beloit (46%), Salina (8%) and Concordia (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 52 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 51 Asherville residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Asherville.

51live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Asherville goes to work

Beloit7.2 mi away

46%24

Salina47 mi away

8%4

Concordia20.2 mi away

6%3

Osborne38.3 mi away

4%2

Garden City184.5 mi away

4%2

Manhattan75.4 mi away

4%2

Wichita125.1 mi away

4%2

Topeka125.3 mi away

4%2

Beloit6.6 mi away

4%2

Simpson4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%8

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

How far

How far Asherville commutes

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

52%

15%

25%

52%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Asherville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Asherville are

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

Jobs based in Asherville

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Asherville residents hold

52 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+2100%

Jobs based in Asherville, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 44. 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.