Ashton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
39% of workers have no commute at all, against 10% across South Dakota. Employers in Ashton report 8 jobs, and 41 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Ashton for work; outside it, Redfield is the main destination (15%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Ashton
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 71 people are in Ashton on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Ashton goes to work
Where Ashton clocks in
Lines 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 Ashton: what the 8 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Ashton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Ashton, about 10 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ashton workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 39% who work from home are left out). Across South Dakota: 85% 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.
Miles to work from Ashton
About 29% 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 Ashton: questions
What is the median household income in Ashton?
$54,712 (±$26,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ashton?
14.7%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ashton?
10 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ashton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redfield (15%, 8 mi), Aberdeen (10%, 33 mi), Redfield Township (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ashton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ashton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ashton
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.