City Commute Profile
Salem, OR
Where Salem’s 75,589 resident workers go each day — 49.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Portland.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
These figures are for Salem proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Salem commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
Salem
75,589 commutes, one dot at a time
Salem
Where 75,589 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Salem, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Salem.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Salem’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Salem city profile
Who lives in Salem — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Internet options for Salem
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).