Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Ashville commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
666 jobs are based in Ashville, and 2,326 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Ashville are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 5% work in Ashville itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (33%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ashville in brief
The quickest commute around
Ashville’s 20-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 25 to 31 minutes. Next door ↓
One in three of Ashville works in Columbus
770 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Columbus, 18 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Ashville itself. The commute map ↓
Ashville is a place people come home to
There are 666 jobs based in Ashville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ashville has about 3,200 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ashville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ashville is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #448 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Ashville’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($66,522, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ashville could be anywhere from C to A+.
The towns that employ Ashville’s residents
Where Ashville clocks in
33% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Who works in Ashville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,204 residents head out to work, 122 work right here, and 544 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Ashville 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.
Ashville is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ashville, 2013 → 2023: 548 → 666. 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 Ashville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Ashville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ashville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,962 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Half of Ashville commutes less than 18 miles
About 15% 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.
Getting around Ashville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ashville is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #397 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,311 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). 7.5% of Ashville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ashville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500, Ashville comes 1,445th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 55 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 61 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,443 | Victor Township MI | 3,493 | $106K | 7.4% | 5.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,444 | Town and Country WA | 4,890 | $93K | 6.8% | 5.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,445 | Ashville OH | 4,819 | $67K | 4.0% | 5.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,446 | New Holland PA | 5,754 | $63K | 10.7% | 1.8% | 13% | B |
| 1,447 | Prescott WI | 4,581 | $74K | 11.5% | 3.1% | 20% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ashville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Ashville
The biggest share goes to Harrison Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ashville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashville | – | B | B− | 20 min | $66,522 |
| South Bloomfield | under 2% | B− | C− | 31 min | $75,625 |
| Harrison Township | 1% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $64,423 |
| Walnut Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 30 min | $101,202 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ashville’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 Ashville: questions
What is the median household income in Ashville?
$66,522 (±$33,343) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ashville?
4.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ashville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ashville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (33%, 18 mi), Grove City (5%, 11 mi), Groveport (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ashville walkable?
Ashville is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ashville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ashville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ashville
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.