Work & commute · Salisbury

Work & commute in Salisbury, MD

About one in 3 of Salisbury’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Selbyville (3%), Baltimore (2%) and Hurlock (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

3,983 of 12,665 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 8,682 Salisbury residents head out of town to work, 3,983 work right here, and 21,229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salisbury.

8,682live here, work elsewhere

3,983live and work here

21,229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salisbury goes to work

Salisbury (in town)right here

31%3,983

Selbyville, DE21.5 mi away

3%406

Baltimore84.4 mi away

2%300

Hurlock23 mi away

2%249

Ocean City28 mi away

2%240

Fruitland4.5 mi away

2%238

Cambridge29.3 mi away

1%142

Easton38.1 mi away

1%129

Berlin20.3 mi away

1%126

West Ocean City25.8 mi away

1%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%6,745

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.

52%

16%

23%

52%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salisbury is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Salisbury are

25,212 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

25,212 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Salisbury residents hold

12,665 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+14%

Jobs based in Salisbury, 2013 → 2023: 22,166 → 25,212. 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.