Work & commute · Ashley

Work & commute in Ashley, ND

About one in 4 of Ashley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wishek (34%), Fargo (4%) and Bismarck (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

50 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 172 Ashley residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashley.

172live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashley goes to work

Wishek17.5 mi away

34%75

Ashley (in town)right here

23%50

Fargo134 mi away

4%9

Bismarck85.5 mi away

4%8

Linton44.2 mi away

3%6

Minot176.5 mi away

2%5

Jamestown68.3 mi away

2%4

Venturia8.8 mi away

1%3

Grand Forks169 mi away

1%3

Zeeland22.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%57

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.

24%

43%

25%

24%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashley are

285 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

285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Ashley residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−18%

Jobs based in Ashley, 2013 → 2023: 349 → 285. 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.