Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of New Salisbury works elsewhere
Only 2% work in New Salisbury; the top destination outside it is Louisville (9%, 26 miles). Employers in New Salisbury report 121 jobs; 219 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in New Salisbury, in brief
New Salisbury’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside New Salisbury is Louisville, KY, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (19) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
New Salisbury workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few New Salisbury workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 219 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region New Salisbury works
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting to work from New Salisbury takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Salisbury workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 191 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of New Salisbury, and who commutes in
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in New Salisbury on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of New Salisbury: the destinations
Where New Salisbury clocks in
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What New Salisbury’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Salisbury, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 121. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Salisbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in New Salisbury: questions
What is the median household income in New Salisbury?
$52,768 (±$13,596) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Salisbury?
24.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Salisbury?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Salisbury work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (9%, 26 mi), New Albany (8%, 15 mi), Harrison Township (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Salisbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Salisbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Salisbury
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.