Photo: Mojo Hand · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Saluda
Only 3% work in Saluda; the top destination outside it is Richmond (5%, 49 miles). Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. There are 370 jobs in Saluda, against 231 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Saluda, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Saluda
26% of Saluda workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. 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 231 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Saluda’s commute, mile by mile
About 35% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Working from home in Saluda
of Saluda workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Saluda on a workday afternoon
On a workday 224 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Saluda on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Saluda’s workforce comes from
Where Saluda clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Saluda
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saluda, 2013 → 2023: 424 → 370. 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 Saluda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Saluda: questions
What is the poverty rate in Saluda?
6.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Saluda work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (5%, 49 mi), Newport News (4%, 37 mi), Urbanna (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Saluda without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saluda, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saluda
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.