Work & commute · Ashby

Work & commute in Ashby, MA

Most working residents leave Ashby for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fitchburg (9%), Leominster (7%) and Boston (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 1,380 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 1,281 Ashby residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashby.

1,281live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashby goes to work

Fitchburg5.2 mi away

9%126

Ashby (in town)right here

7%99

Leominster11.2 mi away

7%91

Boston48 mi away

5%72

Worcester28.1 mi away

5%70

Townsend6.2 mi away

5%66

Groton14.3 mi away

4%53

Gardner10.2 mi away

3%35

Ayer15.1 mi away

3%35

Harvard17.2 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%700

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

How far

How far Ashby commutes

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

28%

33%

28%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashby is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashby are

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

Jobs based in Ashby

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ashby residents hold

1,380 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+42%

Jobs based in Ashby, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 337. 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.