Work & commute · North Salem

Work & commute in North Salem, NY

Most working residents leave North Salem for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (30%), Bedford (3%) and White Plains (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

201 of 2,249 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,048 North Salem residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 1,580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Salem.

2,048live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

1,580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Salem goes to work

New York49.3 mi away

30%681

North Salem (in town)right here

9%201

Bedford7.9 mi away

3%78

White Plains22.6 mi away

3%72

Mount Pleasant18.5 mi away

3%70

Greenburgh24.1 mi away

3%63

Mount Kisco10.9 mi away

2%55

Southeast5.2 mi away

2%47

Somers6 mi away

2%43

Yorktown11.4 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%899

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

How far

How far North Salem commutes

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

23%

26%

44%

23%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Salem is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Salem are

1,781 jobs are based in North Salem. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Salem’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Salem

1,781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs North Salem residents hold

2,249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+30%

Jobs based in North Salem, 2013 → 2023: 1,371 → 1,781. 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.