Work & commute · Salisbury

Work & commute in Salisbury, NY

Most working residents leave Salisbury for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Little Falls (11%), Manheim (10%) and Herkimer (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 748 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 738 Salisbury residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salisbury.

738live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salisbury goes to work

Little Falls12.6 mi away

11%81

Manheim11.3 mi away

10%73

Herkimer15.1 mi away

8%59

Utica23.1 mi away

5%37

New York182.3 mi away

3%26

Stratford9.6 mi away

3%21

Syracuse68.8 mi away

3%19

Albany63.6 mi away

2%18

German Flatts18.6 mi away

2%18

Johnstown26.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%380

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.

24%

32%

15%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salisbury is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.05 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Salisbury are

40 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

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Salisbury residents hold

748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−15%

Jobs based in Salisbury, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 40. 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.