Work & commute · Ashley

Work & commute in Ashley, MN

Most working residents leave Ashley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sauk Centre (37%), Sauk Centre (5%) and Melrose (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 78 Ashley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashley.

78live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashley goes to work

Sauk Centre6 mi away

37%29

Sauk Centre4.9 mi away

5%4

Melrose13 mi away

4%3

Grove14 mi away

4%3

Long Prairie20.3 mi away

3%2

Alexandria18 mi away

3%2

Eden Prairie99.1 mi away

3%2

Brooten15.5 mi away

1%1

Avon31.4 mi away

1%1

Osakis10.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%31

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

How far

How far Ashley commutes

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

46%

19%

27%

46%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashley are

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

Jobs based in Ashley

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Ashley residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+16%

Jobs based in Ashley, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 111. 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.