Work & commute · Ashley

Work & commute in Ashley, PA

Most working residents leave Ashley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (16%), Hanover (14%) and Plains (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,168 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,154 Ashley residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashley.

1,154live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashley goes to work

Wilkes-Barre2.6 mi away

16%190

Hanover2.4 mi away

14%166

Plains5.7 mi away

7%79

Wright6.3 mi away

6%71

Wilkes-Barre2.5 mi away

4%52

Kingston3.7 mi away

3%37

Pittston11.6 mi away

2%29

Scranton17.9 mi away

2%24

Jenkins9.1 mi away

2%23

Moosic14.6 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%475

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.

64%

13%

16%

64%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashley is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashley are

241 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

241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Ashley residents hold

1,168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−65%

Jobs based in Ashley, 2013 → 2023: 679 → 241. 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.