Work & commute · Salisbury

Work & commute in Salisbury, NC

About one in 4 of Salisbury’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (14%), Concord (4%) and Mooresville (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

3,480 of 14,085 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 10,605 Salisbury residents head out of town to work, 3,480 work right here, and 24,142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salisbury.

10,605live here, work elsewhere

3,480live and work here

24,142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salisbury goes to work

Salisbury (in town)right here

25%3,480

Charlotte36.9 mi away

14%1,944

Concord20.6 mi away

4%615

Mooresville19.7 mi away

3%369

Winston-Salem32.8 mi away

3%361

Raleigh104.5 mi away

2%328

Kannapolis15.5 mi away

2%306

Greensboro47.7 mi away

2%300

Statesville22.8 mi away

2%269

Cleveland11.6 mi away

2%213

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%5,900

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.

36%

19%

30%

15%

36%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salisbury is a job hub

1.96jobs 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

27,622 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

27,622 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Salisbury residents hold

14,085 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+17%

Jobs based in Salisbury, 2013 → 2023: 23,562 → 27,622. 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.