Ashley Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
91 jobs are based in Ashley Township, and 345 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Ashley Township itself; outside it, Nashville draws the most (19%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ashley Township, in a few figures
How many people are in Ashley Township by day
On a workday 340 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Ashley Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where people from Ashley Township work
Where Ashley Township clocks in
19% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Ashley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ashley Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 91. 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 Ashley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Ashley Township: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ashley Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 7% 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.
How many miles Ashley Township commutes
About 24% 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.
Work in the towns next to Ashley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ashley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $73,125 |
| Richview Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Du Bois Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Beaucoup Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Casner Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $65,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Richview Township, Du Bois Township and Beaucoup Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ashley 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 Ashley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ashley Township?
$73,125 (±$30,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ashley Township?
20.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ashley Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ashley Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (19%, 10 mi), Mount Vernon (8%, 16 mi), Belleville (4%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ashley Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ashley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ashley 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.