Work & commute · Salisbury

Work & commute in Salisbury, MA

Most working residents leave Salisbury for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Newburyport (10%), Boston (9%) and Amesbury (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

446 of 4,571 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,125 Salisbury residents head out of town to work, 446 work right here, and 2,531 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salisbury.

4,125live here, work elsewhere

446live and work here

2,531work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salisbury goes to work

Newburyport3.2 mi away

10%472

Salisbury (in town)right here

10%446

Boston36.4 mi away

9%421

Amesbury5.8 mi away

4%183

Haverhill13.2 mi away

3%140

Seabrook, NH2.9 mi away

3%138

Portsmouth, NH15.2 mi away

3%118

Andover21.2 mi away

2%107

Cambridge35.3 mi away

2%105

Newbury5.4 mi away

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,341

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

How far

How far Salisbury commutes

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

33%

31%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salisbury is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Salisbury are

2,977 jobs are based in Salisbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salisbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salisbury

2,977 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Salisbury residents hold

4,571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+16%

Jobs based in Salisbury, 2013 → 2023: 2,569 → 2,977. 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.