Work & commute · Ashland

Work & commute in Ashland, KS

About one in 5 of Ashland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Minneola (18%), Dodge City (14%) and Wichita (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

55 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 213 Ashland residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashland.

213live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashland goes to work

Ashland (in town)right here

21%55

Minneola22.1 mi away

18%49

Dodge City41.9 mi away

14%37

Wichita137.3 mi away

3%9

Appleton16.2 mi away

3%7

Dodge44.4 mi away

3%7

Garden City80.5 mi away

2%5

Lexington11.8 mi away

2%5

Englewood13.5 mi away

1%4

Copeland53.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%86

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

How far

How far Ashland commutes

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

25%

28%

23%

24%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashland are

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

Jobs based in Ashland

280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Ashland residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+68%

Jobs based in Ashland, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 280. 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.