Airtight Bridge · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Ashmore Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 80 jobs in Ashmore Township, against 519 working residents. Jobs and income earn Ashmore Township C; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 1% work in Ashmore Township; the top destination outside it is Charleston (23%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ashmore Township apart on work
Ashmore Township is a place people come home to
There are 80 jobs based in Ashmore Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ashmore Township has about 680 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ashmore Township and Charleston trade workers both ways
Charleston is the top workplace for Ashmore Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Ashmore Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 519 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Ashmore Township
On income, poverty and job access, Ashmore Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Ashmore Township’s grade up ($74,954, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.7%) is left out: Ashmore Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ashmore Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily commute in and out of Ashmore Township
On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Ashmore Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The towns that employ Ashmore Township’s residents
Where Ashmore Township clocks in
23% of workers
15% 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.
A place that makes things: 43% of Ashmore Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ashmore Township, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 80. 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 Ashmore Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Ashmore Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ashmore Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 567 commuters (the 11% 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.
Ashmore Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
Few in Ashmore Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ashmore Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 634 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Ashmore Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ashmore Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Ashmore Township is 1,877th among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,875 | Pinegrove Township PA | 1,348 | $77K | 8.7% | 1.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,876 | White Haven PA | 1,203 | $68K | 17.1% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 1,877 | Ashmore Township IL | 1,117 | $75K | 10.4% | 7.7% | 1% | C |
| 1,878 | Baileys Harbor WI | 1,258 | $74K | 7.1% | 0.3% | 5% | C |
| 1,879 | Skidmore TX | 1,183 | $37K | 1.1% | 5.1% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ashmore Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Ashmore Township
The biggest share goes to Charleston Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ashmore Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmore Township | – | C | C+ | 24 min | $74,954 |
| Morgan Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Charleston Township | 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| East Oakland Township | under 2% | D | B+ | 26 min | $52,188 |
| Hutton Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Westfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Kansas Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Morgan Township, Hutton Township and Westfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Charleston Township and Kansas Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ashmore 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 Ashmore Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ashmore Township?
$74,954 (±$10,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ashmore Township?
10.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ashmore Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ashmore Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (23%, 8 mi), Mattoon (15%, 17 mi), Lafayette Township (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ashmore Township walkable?
Ashmore Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ashmore Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ashmore Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ashmore 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.