Work & commute · Ash

Work & commute in Ash, MI

Most working residents leave Ash for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Romulus (6%), Monroe (6%) and Ann Arbor (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

234 of 2,838 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,604 Ash residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 3,341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ash.

2,604live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

3,341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ash goes to work

Ash (in town)right here

8%234

Romulus11.4 mi away

6%177

Monroe9.7 mi away

6%165

Ann Arbor24.1 mi away

4%123

Dearborn19.4 mi away

4%116

Frenchtown6.6 mi away

4%101

Detroit26.3 mi away

3%97

Taylor12.7 mi away

3%88

Huron6.1 mi away

3%77

Toledo, OH29.3 mi away

3%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,586

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

How far

How far Ash commutes

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

26%

43%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ash is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ash are

3,575 jobs are based in Ash. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ash’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ash

3,575 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Ash residents hold

2,838 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+103%

Jobs based in Ash, 2011 → 2021: 1,758 → 3,575. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.