Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of North Salem works elsewhere
Employers in North Salem report 84 jobs; 216 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in North Salem for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (33%, 27 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: North Salem in brief
North Salem and Indianapolis trade workers both ways
Indianapolis is the top workplace for North Salem residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in North Salem come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few North Salem workers work from home
Only 2% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 216 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of North Salem: the destinations
Where North Salem clocks in
33% of workers
10% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in North Salem
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Salem workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 commuters (the 2% 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 leaves North Salem for work, and who comes in
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in North Salem on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
North Salem is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Salem, 2014 → 2024: 110 → 84. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Salem’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from North Salem
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 North Salem: questions
What is the median household income in North Salem?
$68,214 (±$15,097) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Salem?
2.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Salem?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Salem work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (33%, 27 mi), Danville (10%, 10 mi), Brownsburg (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around North Salem without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Salem, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Salem
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.