Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Salisbury Mills has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 4% of workers, the job is at home (New York 15%). 44 jobs are based in Salisbury Mills for 231 working residents. Hardly any work in Salisbury Mills itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (20%, 54 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Salisbury Mills stands out on work
Salisbury Mills’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Salisbury Mills is New York City, 54 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (47) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Salisbury Mills is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Salisbury Mills, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Salisbury Mills has about 110 people in it, 64% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Salisbury Mills are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 231 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Salisbury Mills
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily commute in and out of Salisbury Mills
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Salisbury Mills on a workday afternoon, 64% 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.
Getting to work from Salisbury Mills takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salisbury Mills workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Salisbury Mills ends
Where Salisbury Mills clocks in
20% of workers
5% 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.
In Salisbury Mills, 55% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salisbury Mills, 2014 → 2024: 108 → 44. 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 Salisbury Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Around Salisbury Mills: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salisbury Mills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Mills | – | — | — | 21 min | $142,426 |
| Beaver Dam Lake | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beaver Dam Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Salisbury Mills’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 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 Salisbury Mills: questions
What is the median household income in Salisbury Mills?
$142,426 (±$64,144) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salisbury Mills?
8.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salisbury Mills?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salisbury Mills work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (20%, 54 mi), Newburgh (5%, 7 mi), Cornwall (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Salisbury Mills 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 Salisbury Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salisbury Mills
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.