Work & commute · North Salem

Work & commute in North Salem, IN

Most working residents leave North Salem for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (12%), Center (9%) and Pike (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 213 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 212 North Salem residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Salem.

212live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Salem goes to work

Danville10.5 mi away

12%25

Center27.4 mi away

9%19

Pike20 mi away

7%15

Carmel27.2 mi away

7%14

Avon14.9 mi away

6%13

Wayne21.1 mi away

6%12

Brownsburg13.8 mi away

4%9

Lebanon15.6 mi away

4%9

Lawrence33.6 mi away

4%9

Lizton5.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%83

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far North Salem commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

18%

44%

31%

18%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Salem is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in North Salem are

100 jobs are based in North Salem. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Salem’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Salem

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs North Salem residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+72%

Jobs based in North Salem, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 100. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.