Work & commute · West Salem

Work & commute in West Salem, PA

Most working residents leave West Salem for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hermitage (8%), Greenville (6%) and Hempfield (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 1,132 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,074 West Salem residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 441 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Salem.

1,074live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

441work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Salem goes to work

Hermitage11.9 mi away

8%89

Greenville3.7 mi away

6%67

West Salem (in town)right here

5%58

Hempfield5 mi away

5%57

Pymatuning5.5 mi away

4%49

Pittsburgh71 mi away

3%34

Jamestown5.8 mi away

3%31

Greene4.2 mi away

3%30

Sharon11.8 mi away

3%29

Farrell13.4 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%660

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

How far

How far West Salem commutes

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

33%

32%

26%

33%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Salem is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Salem are

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

Jobs based in West Salem

499 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs West Salem residents hold

1,132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−19%

Jobs based in West Salem, 2013 → 2023: 615 → 499. 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.