Ash Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
For jobs and income Ash Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−). About one in ten work in Ash Township itself; outside it, Romulus draws the most (6%, 11 miles). Working residents average 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ash Township: the figures worth knowing
Jobs in Ash Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Ash Township went from 1,758 in 2011 to 3,575 in 2021, +103%. The jobs ↓
Ash Township makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Ash Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ash Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Ash Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Romulus, gets only 6% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Ash Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Ash Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Ash Township
Job access by car holds Ash Township’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($72,562, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ash Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Ash Township makes things: 60% of its jobs are in goods
3,575 jobs are based in Ash Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ash Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,758 → 3,575. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ash Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Ash Township goes to work
Where Ash Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
How long Ash Township spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ash Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,932 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Ash Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,604 residents head out to work, 234 work right here, and 3,341 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Ash Township’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Ash Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,278 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). 6.0% of Ash Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ash Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Ash Township is 1,166th among 3,015 U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,164 | Scappoose OR | 8,257 | $98K | 7.2% | 2.1% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,165 | Handy Township MI | 8,887 | $79K | 8.0% | 3.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,166 | Ash Township MI | 8,013 | $73K | 6.9% | 4.0% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,167 | Derby CO | 8,453 | $82K | 8.1% | 5.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,168 | Yorkshire VA | 9,782 | $113K | 17.8% | 3.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,015 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Ash Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Ash Township
The biggest share goes to Frenchtown Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ash Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Township | – | B+ | C− | 29 min | $72,562 |
| Berlin Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 29 min | $85,077 |
| Exeter Township | under 3% | B− | D | 31 min | $94,491 |
| Frenchtown Township | 4% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $66,225 |
| Huron Township | 3% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $92,832 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ash 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 2021, 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 Ash Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ash Township?
$72,562 (±$6,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ash Township?
6.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ash Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ash Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Romulus (6%, 11 mi), Monroe (6%, 10 mi), Ann Arbor (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Ash Township walkable?
Ash Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ash Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ash Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ash Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.