Work & commute · Ashford

Work & commute in Ashford, WI

Most working residents leave Ashford for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are West Bend (11%), Fond du Lac (9%) and Campbellsport (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 792 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 746 Ashford residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashford.

746live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashford goes to work

West Bend14.2 mi away

11%90

Fond du Lac13.8 mi away

9%73

Campbellsport3.5 mi away

9%71

Ashford (in town)right here

6%46

Kewaskum7.4 mi away

5%39

Brownsville7.7 mi away

3%20

Lomira4.8 mi away

2%18

Addison11.8 mi away

2%18

Oshkosh32.2 mi away

2%17

Madison64.3 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%384

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.

30%

39%

17%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashford is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashford are

307 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

307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Ashford residents hold

792 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−6%

Jobs based in Ashford, 2013 → 2023: 327 → 307. 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.