Households in Saline Township earn more than those in 81% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Saline Township A; getting around on foot earns it B. Below the poverty line: 3.8% of residents; Illinois has 11.8%. About one in ten stay in Saline Township for work; outside it, Highland is the main destination (20%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Saline Township
Saline Township trades workers with the towns around it
Saline Township has about as many jobs (3,810) as working residents (3,468), but they are mostly different people: 3,076 residents leave for work each day while 3,418 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Saline Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Saline Township and Highland trade workers both ways
Highland is the top workplace for Saline Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Saline Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
The figures behind Saline Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Saline Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #135 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Saline Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who leaves Saline Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,076 residents head out to work, 392 work right here, and 3,418 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Saline Township: the destinations
Where Saline Township clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
Saline Township works in goods: 29% of its jobs
3,810 jobs are based in Saline Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saline Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,386 → 3,810. 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 Saline Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Saline Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saline Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,139 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far it is to work from Saline Township
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Saline Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saline Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #477 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Saline Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,503 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.9% of Saline Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Saline Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,229 U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300, Saline Township comes 460th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 13 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 458 | Geneva WI | 5,443 | $96K | 3.5% | 2.3% | 5% | A |
| 459 | Terrell Hills TX | 5,215 | $186K | 6.9% | 4.3% | 2% | A |
| 460 | Saline Township IL | 6,859 | $106K | 3.8% | 2.7% | 11% | A |
| 461 | Wedgefield FL | 8,851 | $120K | 6.0% | 2.5% | 3% | A |
| 462 | Fort Belvoir VA | 8,449 | $104K | 2.9% | 4.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Saline Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Saline Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saline Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saline Township | – | A | B | 25 min | $105,903 |
| Helvetia Township | under 2% | A− | C | 30 min | $84,590 |
| Marine Township | under 2% | A | C− | 27 min | $98,194 |
| Leef Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Burgess Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 29 min | $65,461 |
| St. Jacob Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 26 min | $120,975 |
Same-state neighbors only. Leef Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Saline 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 Saline Township: questions
What is the median household income in Saline Township?
$105,903 (±$15,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saline Township?
3.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saline Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saline Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Highland (20%, 2 mi), St. Louis (7%, 34 mi), Edwardsville (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saline Township walkable?
Saline Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saline Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saline Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saline 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.