Elijah Strong House · Photo: RobertDrake2015 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ashland has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Ashland has 53 jobs for 267 working residents. Only 3% work in Ashland; the top destination outside it is Windham (18%, 6 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ashland
Ashland is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Ashland, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ashland has about 440 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Ashland works one town over
29% of working residents work in a town that borders Ashland: Windham (18%) and Prattsville (11%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 267 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Ashland, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Ashland on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ashland
About 31% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where people from Ashland work
Where Ashland clocks in
13% 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.
Jobs in Ashland: what the 53 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ashland, 2014 → 2024: 45 → 53. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ashland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Ashland, about 25 minutes to the job
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 workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 309 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
29% of Ashland works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ashland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | – | — | — | 25 min | $69,583 |
| Prattsville | 11% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lexington | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Conesville | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Windham | 18% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $76,477 |
| Jewett | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Prattsville, Lexington and Conesville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Jewett: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Windham. Darker towns draw more of Ashland’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 2024, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Ashland?
$69,583 (±$23,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ashland?
8.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ashland?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ashland work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Windham (18%, 6 mi), New York City (13%, 116 mi), Prattsville (11%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ashland without a car?
3% 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 Ashland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ashland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.