Work & commute · Ashby

Work & commute in Ashby, MN

Most working residents leave Ashby for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Elbow Lake (21%), Fergus Falls (19%) and Alexandria (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

19 of 190 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 171 Ashby residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashby.

171live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashby goes to work

Elbow Lake10.6 mi away

21%39

Fergus Falls18 mi away

19%36

Ashby (in town)right here

10%19

Alexandria26 mi away

6%11

Fargo, ND71.6 mi away

5%10

Barrett13.2 mi away

5%9

Elk Lake14.4 mi away

2%4

Brandon14 mi away

2%3

Morris35.5 mi away

2%3

Sanford10.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%53

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.

19%

49%

11%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashby is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashby are

256 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

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ashby residents hold

190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+21%

Jobs based in Ashby, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 256. 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.