Work & commute · Ashville

Work & commute in Ashville, OH

Most working residents leave Ashville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (33%), Grove City (5%) and Groveport (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

122 of 2,326 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,204 Ashville residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 544 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashville.

2,204live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

544work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashville goes to work

Columbus18.1 mi away

33%770

Ashville (in town)right here

5%122

Grove City11.4 mi away

5%108

Groveport9.7 mi away

3%78

Obetz9.6 mi away

3%76

Circleville8.6 mi away

3%61

Westerville27.6 mi away

2%47

Dublin28.7 mi away

2%39

Harrison1.4 mi away

1%31

Hilliard23.9 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%964

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

How far

How far Ashville commutes

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

20%

50%

15%

20%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashville is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashville are

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

Jobs based in Ashville

666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ashville residents hold

2,326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+22%

Jobs based in Ashville, 2013 → 2023: 548 → 666. 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.