White Chimneys · Photo: Smallbones · Public domainAt 0.4%, unemployment in Salisbury Township is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Salisbury Township is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Salisbury Township are A for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven work in Salisbury Township itself; outside it, Leacock Township draws the most (6%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Salisbury Township
Salisbury Township trades workers with the towns around it
Salisbury Township has about as many jobs (3,990) as working residents (4,288), but they are mostly different people: 3,592 residents leave for work each day while 3,294 people come in. Only 17% of the jobs in Salisbury Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Salisbury Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Salisbury Township went from 2,114 in 2014 to 3,990 in 2024, +89%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Salisbury Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Leacock Township, gets only 6% of working residents, and 55% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Salisbury Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Salisbury Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Salisbury Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 32% of Salisbury Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Salisbury Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Salisbury Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #157 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Salisbury Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Salisbury Township
On a workday 3,592 residents head out to work, 696 work right here, and 3,294 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Salisbury Township works in goods: 39% of its jobs
3,990 jobs are based in Salisbury Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salisbury Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,114 → 3,990. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Salisbury Township’s residents
Where Salisbury Township clocks in
4% 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Salisbury Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salisbury Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,779 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Salisbury Township
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.
In Salisbury Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Salisbury Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #523 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,501 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 29.8% of Salisbury Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Salisbury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Salisbury Township ranks: 430th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 26 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 45 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 48 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 428 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| 429 | Pompton Lakes NJ | 11,246 | $124K | 8.4% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| 430 | Salisbury Township PA | 11,598 | $93K | 5.3% | 0.4% | 16% | A |
| 431 | South Park Township PA | 13,613 | $101K | 3.8% | 3.2% | 4% | A |
| 432 | Holbrook MA | 11,401 | $115K | 7.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A |
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| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Salisbury Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salisbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Township | – | A | B | 27 min | $92,816 |
| East Earl Township | 4% | A | B | 22 min | $102,410 |
| Caernarvon Township | under 2% | A | B− | 28 min | $118,519 |
| Paradise Township | 3% | A | B | 24 min | $107,188 |
| Leacock Township | 6% | A | A− | 21 min | $83,260 |
| Sadsbury Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 26 min | $92,917 |
| Honey Brook Township | 3% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $86,212 |
| West Caln Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 36 min | $99,398 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Leacock Township. Darker towns draw more of Salisbury Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Salisbury Township?
$92,816 (±$15,158) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salisbury Township?
5.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salisbury Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salisbury Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leacock Township (6%, 6 mi), Earl Township (4%, 7 mi), East Earl Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Salisbury Township walkable?
Salisbury Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Salisbury Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Salisbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salisbury Township
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. 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.