Work & commute · Salem

Work & commute in Salem, OH

Most working residents leave Salem for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (8%), Lebanon (7%) and Mason (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

121 of 2,589 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,468 Salem residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salem.

2,468live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salem goes to work

Cincinnati25.5 mi away

8%218

Lebanon7.1 mi away

7%193

Mason9.5 mi away

7%193

Blue Ash16.2 mi away

5%119

Deerfield9.9 mi away

4%107

Sharonville16.3 mi away

4%94

West Chester16 mi away

3%88

Hamilton4.9 mi away

3%82

Morrow0.6 mi away

3%68

Wilmington16.9 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,377

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

How far

How far Salem commutes

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

26%

52%

13%

26%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salem is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Salem are

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

Jobs based in Salem

527 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Salem residents hold

2,589 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Salem, 2013 → 2023: 514 → 527. 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.