Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Salem Township (0.1%) is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. For jobs and income Salem Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 3% stay in Salem Township for work; outside it, Steubenville is the main destination (20%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Salem Township in brief
Salem Township is a place people come home to
There are 194 jobs based in Salem Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Salem Township has about 1,900 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Salem Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Salem Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Salem Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Salem Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Who leaves Salem Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,013 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Salem Township on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Salem Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salem Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,213 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
Where Salem Township goes to work
Where Salem Township clocks in
20% of workers
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.
A place that makes things: 39% of Salem Township’s jobs are in goods
194 jobs are based in Salem Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salem Township, 2014 → 2024: 199 → 194. 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 Salem Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Salem Township 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.
Few in Salem Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,265 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). 2.8% of Salem Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Salem Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600, Salem Township ranks 2,145th of 4,797 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,143 | Rehobeth AL | 2,217 | $81K | 11.3% | 1.8% | 2% | B− |
| 2,144 | Black River Falls WI | 3,555 | $67K | 9.9% | 1.4% | 29% | B− |
| 2,145 | Salem Township OH | 2,703 | $70K | 12.0% | 0.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,146 | Duquesne MO | 2,345 | $54K | 14.2% | 1.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,147 | Blanco TX | 2,108 | $71K | 10.4% | 2.2% | 15% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Salem Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Salem Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salem Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Township | – | B− | C+ | 22 min | $70,288 |
| Ross Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Wayne Township | 3% | D | C− | 19 min | $61,250 |
| Island Creek Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $67,805 |
| German Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | C− | D | 29 min | $61,406 |
| Knox Township | under 2% | C− | C | 23 min | $50,132 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ross Township and German Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wayne Township. Darker towns draw more of Salem 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 Salem Township: questions
What is the median household income in Salem Township?
$70,288 (±$8,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salem Township?
12.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salem Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salem Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steubenville (20%, 9 mi), Wintersville (8%, 6 mi), Weirton (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Salem Township walkable?
Salem Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Salem Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Salem Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salem 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.