Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Salisbury commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Salisbury B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Salisbury has 130 jobs for 691 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Salisbury at work: what stands out
Salisbury is a place people come home to
There are 130 jobs based in Salisbury, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Salisbury has about 960 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Salisbury workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 691 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Salisbury
On income, poverty and job access, Salisbury is better than 63% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Salisbury’s grade up ($111,591, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Salisbury’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Salisbury could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How many people are in Salisbury by day
On a workday 677 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Salisbury on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Salisbury’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salisbury workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 622 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
15% of working residents work in Concord
Where Salisbury clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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 Salisbury’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salisbury, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 130. 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 Salisbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Salisbury
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.
In Salisbury, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Salisbury is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Salisbury near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 811 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.8% of Salisbury households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Salisbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,274th of 5,397: where Salisbury ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 147 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 366 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 641 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,272 | Elgin SC | 1,675 | $92K | 4.2% | 7.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,273 | Spencer WI | 1,809 | $70K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,274 | Salisbury NH | 1,516 | $112K | 7.1% | 5.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,275 | Sandwich NH | 1,548 | $141K | 5.2% | 9.9% | 7% | B |
| 1,276 | Leadville North CO | 1,417 | $98K | 1.3% | 2.9% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Salisbury, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns next door employ 19% of Salisbury
The biggest share goes to Andover (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salisbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | – | B | C− | 32 min | $111,591 |
| Andover | 11% | B | C+ | 34 min | $88,514 |
| Franklin | 4% | B | C | 32 min | $71,648 |
| Warner | under 3% | B+ | B | 32 min | $94,022 |
| Boscawen | 4% | C | C | 28 min | $77,328 |
| Webster | under 3% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $107,171 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Salisbury’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 Salisbury: questions
What is the median household income in Salisbury?
$111,591 (±$17,107) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salisbury?
7.1%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salisbury?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salisbury work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (15%, 15 mi), Andover (11%, 5 mi), Manchester (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Salisbury walkable?
Salisbury is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Salisbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Salisbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.