Saluda Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Saluda Township has 126 jobs; 467 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Saluda Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Saluda Township stands out on work
Saluda Township is a place people come home to
There are 126 jobs based in Saluda Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Saluda Township has about 1,000 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Saluda Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Saluda Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 467 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Saluda Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Saluda Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Saluda 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, Saluda Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
A workday in Saluda Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 462 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Saluda Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Commuting from Saluda Township: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saluda Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 554 commuters (the 0% 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.
26% of working residents work in Madison
Where Saluda Township clocks in
8% 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.
Jobs in Saluda Township: what the 126 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saluda Township, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 126. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Saluda Township commutes less than 16 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.
Most trips from Saluda Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saluda Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Saluda 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 554 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). 0.0% of Saluda Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Saluda Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Saluda Township is 1,546th among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,544 | Stanfield NC | 1,744 | $79K | 9.3% | 10.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,545 | Cornwall CT | 1,589 | $129K | 8.2% | 6.5% | 14% | B |
| 1,546 | Saluda Township IN | 1,383 | $78K | 3.0% | 7.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,547 | Hornby NY | 1,739 | $88K | 6.2% | 5.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,548 | Flatrock Township OH | 1,218 | $106K | 8.6% | 10.7% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Saluda Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Saluda Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saluda Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saluda Township | – | B | D− | 31 min | $77,813 |
| Hanover Township | under 2% | C− | B+ | 20 min | $66,019 |
| Lexington Township | under 2% | B | D− | 29 min | $76,130 |
| Bethlehem Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Republican Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 25 min | $97,109 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 31 min | $88,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bethlehem Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Saluda 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 Saluda Township: questions
What is the median household income in Saluda Township?
$77,813 (±$43,681) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saluda Township?
3.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saluda Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saluda Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (26%, 11 mi), Hanover (8%, 6 mi), Madison Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saluda Township walkable?
Saluda Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saluda 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 Saluda Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saluda 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.