Most of Ashmore commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
6% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). Employers in Ashmore report 38 jobs, against 297 working residents. Only 1% work in Ashmore itself; outside it, Charleston draws the most (23%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ashmore and work: the main findings
The daily flow of workers through Ashmore
On a workday 293 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Ashmore on a workday afternoon, 41% 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’s residents
Where Ashmore clocks in
23% of workers
18% 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.
What Ashmore’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ashmore, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 38. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Ashmore spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ashmore workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 309 commuters (the 6% 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 far Ashmore’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Ashmore?
$56,615 (±$9,064) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ashmore?
16.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ashmore?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ashmore work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (23%, 9 mi), Mattoon (18%, 19 mi), Lafayette Township (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ashmore 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ashmore
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.