Salina Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 80 jobs in Salina Township for 495 working residents. Salina Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 1% work in Salina Township itself; outside it, Kankakee draws the most (11%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Salina Township in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Salina Township
On income, poverty and job access, Salina Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Salina Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Salina Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Salina Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
How many people are in Salina Township by day
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Salina Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Salina Township to work: where people go
Where Salina Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
In Salina Township, 59% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salina Township, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 80. 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 Salina Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Salina Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salina Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Salina Township commutes less than 23 miles
About 29% 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.
Salina Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Salina Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 2.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 503 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.2% of Salina Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Salina Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Salina Township is 660th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 658 | Aurdal Township MN | 1,564 | $123K | 3.8% | 1.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 659 | French Lake Township MN | 1,259 | $105K | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 660 | Salina Township IL | 1,208 | $82K | 2.6% | 7.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 661 | Frazer Township PA | 1,227 | $78K | 8.1% | 2.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 662 | Indian Shores FL | 1,167 | $109K | 13.1% | 0.0% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Salina Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Salina Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salina Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salina Township | – | B+ | C− | 24 min | $82,357 |
| Essex Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 33 min | $100,962 |
| Custer Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 36 min | $121,771 |
| Limestone | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $103,906 |
| Limestone Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 23 min | $112,258 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Salina 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 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 Salina Township: questions
What is the median household income in Salina Township?
$82,357 (±$15,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salina Township?
2.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salina Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salina Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kankakee (11%, 12 mi), Chicago (9%, 51 mi), Bradley (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Salina Township walkable?
Salina Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Salina Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Salina Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salina Township
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. 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.