Work & commute · Ashford

Work & commute in Ashford, WA

Most working residents leave Ashford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Eatonville (17%), Tacoma (9%) and Puyallup (7%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 115 Ashford residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashford.

115live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashford goes to work

Eatonville14.3 mi away

17%20

Tacoma40.2 mi away

9%10

Puyallup32.1 mi away

7%8

Lakewood37.2 mi away

3%4

Redmond63.9 mi away

3%4

Bellevue58.6 mi away

3%4

Kent44.9 mi away

3%4

Seattle61.8 mi away

3%4

Tukwila51.3 mi away

3%3

Lacey42 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%52

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

How far

How far Ashford commutes

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

18%

52%

28%

2%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

52%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashford are

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

Jobs based in Ashford

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ashford residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+6%

Jobs based in Ashford, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 89. 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.