Most of Saltcreek Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Saltcreek Township report 238 jobs, and 518 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Saltcreek Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Saltcreek Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Saltcreek Township, in brief
Saltcreek Township and Greensburg trade workers both ways
Greensburg is the top workplace for Saltcreek Township residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Saltcreek Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Saltcreek Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Saltcreek Township fell from 375 in 2014 to 238 in 2024, −37%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 518 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Saltcreek Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Saltcreek Township’s grade up ($111,090, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Saltcreek Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Saltcreek Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
31% of working residents work in Greensburg
Where Saltcreek Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
36% of the jobs in Saltcreek Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saltcreek Township, 2014 → 2024: 375 → 238. 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 Saltcreek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Saltcreek Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 511 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 231 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Saltcreek Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
About 22 minutes each way for Saltcreek Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saltcreek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% 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 Saltcreek Township goes to work
About 20% 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.
Getting around Saltcreek Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 504 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). 0.5% of Saltcreek Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Saltcreek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Saltcreek Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 859th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 857 | Golden Valley NV | 1,139 | $93K | 10.2% | 12.5% | <1% | B+ |
| 858 | Shafer MN | 1,212 | $99K | 7.5% | 2.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 859 | Saltcreek Township IN | 1,158 | $111K | 6.5% | 0.9% | 1% | B+ |
| 860 | Brigham WI | 1,061 | $114K | 10.2% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 861 | Philo IL | 1,352 | $106K | 10.3% | 0.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Saltcreek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Saltcreek Township
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saltcreek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltcreek Township | – | B+ | B− | 22 min | $111,090 |
| Ray Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 32 min | $90,481 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 34 min | $89,274 |
| Fugit Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 49 min | $93,667 |
| Washington Township | 6% | B− | B− | 18 min | $63,989 |
| Laughery Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $60,119 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Saltcreek 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 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 Saltcreek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Saltcreek Township?
$111,090 (±$48,203) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saltcreek Township?
6.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saltcreek Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saltcreek Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greensburg (31%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 54 mi), Batesville (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Saltcreek Township walkable?
Saltcreek Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saltcreek Township 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 Saltcreek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saltcreek Township
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. 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.