Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0Ashland Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Ashland Township has 207 jobs, against 650 working residents. Only 7% work in Ashland Township itself; outside it, Springfield draws the most (30%, 22 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, where Illinois has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Ashland Township
Where Ashland Township goes to work
Where Ashland Township clocks in
30% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who commutes out of Ashland Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 606 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Ashland Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Ashland Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ashland Township, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 207. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ashland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Ashland Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ashland Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 428 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Ashland Township
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Ashland Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ashland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $68,190 |
| Philadelphia Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Newmansville Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Philadelphia Township and Newmansville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ashland Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ashland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ashland Township?
$68,190 (±$9,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ashland Township?
4.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ashland Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ashland Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (30%, 22 mi), Jacksonville (7%, 17 mi), Ashland (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ashland Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ashland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ashland Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.