Work & commute · Ashtabula

Work & commute in Ashtabula, OH

About one in 3 of Ashtabula’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ashtabula (23%), Saybrook (7%) and Edgewood (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

2,272 of 7,481 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,209 Ashtabula residents head out of town to work, 2,272 work right here, and 6,677 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashtabula.

5,209live here, work elsewhere

2,272live and work here

6,677work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashtabula goes to work

Ashtabula1.7 mi away

23%1,714

Saybrook5.4 mi away

7%491

Edgewood1.1 mi away

6%463

Geneva10.9 mi away

5%367

Jefferson10 mi away

4%262

Cleveland54.8 mi away

3%240

Mentor32.3 mi away

3%232

Ashtabula (in town)right here

3%210

Conneaut10.6 mi away

2%187

Jefferson8.6 mi away

2%182

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,133

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

How far

How far Ashtabula commutes

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

50%

12%

17%

20%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashtabula is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashtabula are

8,949 jobs are based in Ashtabula. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ashtabula’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ashtabula

8,949 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ashtabula residents hold

7,481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−3%

Jobs based in Ashtabula, 2013 → 2023: 9,213 → 8,949. 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.