Rasmus Midgett House · Photo: Jasonspsyche · CC BY-SA 3.0Salvo has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
33% of workers work from home, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. Employers in Salvo report 33 jobs; 75 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Salvo for work; outside it, Avon is the main destination (19%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Salvo by day and by night
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Salvo on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where the trip to work from Salvo ends
Where Salvo clocks in
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Salvo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salvo, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 33. 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 Salvo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Salvo
of Salvo workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 commuters (the 33% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 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.
How many miles Salvo commutes
About 47% 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.
How Salvo compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salvo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvo | – | — | — | — | — |
| Waves | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Waves: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Salvo’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Salvo: questions
What is the poverty rate in Salvo?
0.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Salvo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Avon (19%, 15 mi), Buxton (9%, 22 mi), Frisco (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Salvo 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 Salvo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salvo
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.