Work & commute · Salemburg

Work & commute in Salemburg, NC

Most working residents leave Salemburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (15%), Fayetteville (5%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 247 Salemburg residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salemburg.

247live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salemburg goes to work

Clinton9.7 mi away

15%39

Salemburg (in town)right here

5%13

Fayetteville27 mi away

5%12

Raleigh57.1 mi away

4%10

Roseboro4.1 mi away

2%6

Greenville75.3 mi away

2%6

Wilmington65.7 mi away

2%6

Charlotte132.3 mi away

2%5

Dunn21.5 mi away

2%4

Hope Mills26.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%155

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

How far

How far Salemburg commutes

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

18%

40%

16%

27%

18%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salemburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Salemburg are

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

Jobs based in Salemburg

355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Salemburg residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+34%

Jobs based in Salemburg, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 355. 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.