Work & commute · Salisbury

Work & commute in Salisbury, MO

About one in 5 of Salisbury’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Moberly (10%), Columbia (10%) and Kansas City (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

130 of 633 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 503 Salisbury residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salisbury.

503live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salisbury goes to work

Salisbury (in town)right here

21%130

Moberly19.5 mi away

10%65

Columbia41.6 mi away

10%62

Kansas City95.7 mi away

4%27

Salisbury1.1 mi away

4%26

Glasgow13.6 mi away

3%20

Brunswick17.3 mi away

2%13

Huntsville13.8 mi away

2%12

Fayette20.1 mi away

2%11

Boonville32.1 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%256

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.

28%

25%

15%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salisbury is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Salisbury are

547 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

547 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Salisbury residents hold

633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

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Jobs based in Salisbury, 2013 → 2023: 545 → 547. 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.