Work & commute · Salisbury

Work & commute in Salisbury, PA

Most working residents leave Salisbury for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Leacock (7%), Earl (4%) and East Earl (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

662 of 4,301 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,639 Salisbury residents head out of town to work, 662 work right here, and 3,456 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salisbury.

3,639live here, work elsewhere

662live and work here

3,456work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salisbury goes to work

Salisbury (in town)right here

15%662

Leacock6.5 mi away

7%316

Earl7.1 mi away

4%178

East Earl6.1 mi away

4%161

Honey Brook6.6 mi away

3%130

Paradise6.8 mi away

3%124

East Lampeter11.5 mi away

2%105

Lancaster16.1 mi away

2%103

West Sadsbury5.3 mi away

2%92

Sadsbury7.3 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,344

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.

49%

26%

15%

10%

49%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salisbury is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Salisbury are

4,118 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

4,118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Salisbury residents hold

4,301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+104%

Jobs based in Salisbury, 2013 → 2023: 2,019 → 4,118. 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.