Work & commute · Salina

Work & commute in Salina, NY

Most working residents leave Salina for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (28%), DeWitt (13%) and Clay (10%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,512 of 15,163 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,651 Salina residents head out of town to work, 1,512 work right here, and 16,291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salina.

13,651live here, work elsewhere

1,512live and work here

16,291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salina goes to work

Syracuse4.6 mi away

28%4,276

DeWitt6.1 mi away

13%1,913

Salina (in town)right here

10%1,512

Clay5.2 mi away

10%1,466

Cicero7.4 mi away

4%668

New York204.1 mi away

2%364

Geddes3.3 mi away

2%336

Manlius10.3 mi away

2%334

Lysander11.6 mi away

2%273

Camillus7.7 mi away

1%207

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%3,814

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

How far

How far Salina commutes

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

72%

16%

72%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salina is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Salina are

17,803 jobs are based in Salina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salina

17,803 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Salina residents hold

15,163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−7%

Jobs based in Salina, 2013 → 2023: 19,159 → 17,803. 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.