With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Salona works elsewhere
Employers in Salona report 41 jobs, and 237 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Salona for work; outside it, Lamar Township is the main destination (8%, 2 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Salona: the figures worth knowing
Salona is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Salona, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Salona has about 160 people in it, 55% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Salona workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 237 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Salona on a workday afternoon
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Salona on a workday afternoon, 55% 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.
The trip to work from Salona: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salona workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 156 commuters (the 0% 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.
Commuting out of Salona: the destinations
Where Salona clocks in
6% 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.
Salona works in goods: 95% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salona, 2014 → 2024: 137 → 41. 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 Salona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Salona
About 24% 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.
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 Salona: questions
What is the median household income in Salona?
$101,667 (±$36,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salona?
6.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salona?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salona work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lamar Township (8%, 2 mi), Porter Township (6%, 5 mi), College Township (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Salona 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 Salona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salona
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.