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Work & commute in Fort Ashby, WV

Most working residents leave Fort Ashby for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (19%), La Vale (2%) and Bowling Green (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
22 of 566 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 544 Fort Ashby residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Ashby.

544live here, work elsewhere
22live and work here
293work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fort Ashby goes to work

WesternportFrostburgCumberlandFrederickWinchesterRidgeleyRomneyCarpendaleKeyserMartinsburgBowling GreenBierCresaptownLa ValeWiley FordFort AshbyCumberlandLa ValeBowling GreenCresaptownRomneyKeyserWinchesterFrederickBierFort Ashby
1
Cumberland, MD11.1 mi away
19%107
2
Fort Ashby (in town)right here
4%22
3
La Vale, MD12.8 mi away
2%13
4
Bowling Green, MD9.5 mi away
2%10
5
Cresaptown, MD7.8 mi away
2%10
6
Romney10.2 mi away
2%9
7
Keyser11.8 mi away
2%9
8
Winchester, VA38.6 mi away
1%7
9
Frederick, MD72.6 mi away
1%6
10
Bier, MD6.9 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
65%367

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

How far

How far Fort Ashby commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Ashby is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Ashby are

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

Jobs based in Fort Ashby

315 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Fort Ashby residents hold

566 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+154%

Jobs based in Fort Ashby, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 315. 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.

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