Kemmerer House · Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Salisbury Township has 2.4 jobs for every working resident: 15,058 people commute in to work
Employers in Salisbury Township report 15,617 jobs, and 6,555 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Salisbury Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Measured by household income, Salisbury Township is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns.
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 is where the jobs are
Salisbury Township has 15,617 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 23,000 people are in town, 66% more than the 14,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Salisbury Township works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Salisbury Township: Allentown (14%), Bethlehem (8%) and South Whitehall Township (4%). Next door ↓
Nearly all the work in Salisbury Township is services
94% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Salisbury Township pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Salisbury Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Most Salisbury Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Salisbury Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Salisbury Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #461 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Salisbury Township’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Salisbury Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Salisbury Township by day and by night
On a workday 5,996 residents head out to work and 559 work right here.
About 23,000 people are in Salisbury Township on a workday afternoon, 66% more 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salisbury Township, 2014 → 2024: 13,269 → 15,617. 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 distance from Salisbury Township to work
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.
Commuting in to Salisbury Township: where workers come from
Where Salisbury Township clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
The daily trip from Salisbury Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 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 5,847 commuters (the 9% 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.
The commute in Salisbury Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Salisbury Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #376 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,421 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 3.5% 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.
Salisbury Township is 960th of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 17 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Upper Uwchlan Township PA | 13,681 | $191K | 1.6% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 958 | Northampton PA | 10,570 | $91K | 6.7% | 5.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 959 | Warrenton VA | 10,213 | $83K | 9.7% | 2.0% | 18% | B+ |
| 960 | Salisbury Township PA | 13,707 | $101K | 7.5% | 6.1% | 9% | B+ |
| 961 | Alachua FL | 10,612 | $83K | 9.5% | 1.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 962 | Cedar Lake IN | 16,789 | $83K | 3.5% | 5.5% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 36% of Salisbury Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Allentown (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salisbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Township | – | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $101,299 |
| Allentown | 14% | C− | A+ | 25 min | $55,494 |
| Fountain Hill | 3% | C | A | 24 min | $64,107 |
| Upper Saucon Township | 3% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $145,764 |
| Dorneyville | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Emmaus | under 3% | A− | A− | 27 min | $83,917 |
| Bethlehem | 8% | C+ | A+ | 22 min | $68,879 |
| Upper Milford Township | under 3% | A | B | 24 min | $110,139 |
| South Whitehall Township | 4% | A− | B | 21 min | $102,872 |
| Lower Macungie Township | 4% | A+ | B | 27 min | $125,230 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dorneyville: 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 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?
$101,299 (±$8,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salisbury Township?
7.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salisbury Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salisbury Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (14%, 3 mi), Bethlehem (8%, 4 mi), Upper Macungie Township (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Salisbury Township walkable?
Salisbury Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Salisbury Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 16% 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.