Work & commute · New Salem

Work & commute in New Salem, PA

Most working residents leave New Salem for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are York (12%), West Manchester (9%) and York (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 405 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 400 New Salem residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Salem.

400live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Salem goes to work

York5.3 mi away

12%49

West Manchester2.9 mi away

9%37

York6 mi away

4%18

Manchester7.9 mi away

4%17

Springettsbury8.5 mi away

4%16

Cockeysville, MD30.7 mi away

3%13

Hanover12 mi away

3%11

Jackson4.4 mi away

2%10

Spring Garden4.5 mi away

2%10

Baltimore, MD42.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%216

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

How far

How far New Salem commutes

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

48%

17%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Salem is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Salem are

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

Jobs based in New Salem

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs New Salem residents hold

405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+15%

Jobs based in New Salem, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 264. 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.