Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSalem Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Salem Township has 79 jobs, against 378 working residents. Jobs and income earn Salem Township D; getting around on foot earns it B−. Measured by household income, Salem Township is behind 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Salem Township and work: the main findings
Salem Township is a place people come home to
There are 79 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 740 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Salem Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 378 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Salem Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Salem Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Salem Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Salem 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, Salem Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Salem Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 371 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Salem Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Salem Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 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 420 commuters (the 17% 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.
19% of working residents work in Marietta
Where Salem Township clocks in
19% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 46% of work in Salem Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salem Township, 2014 → 2024: 126 → 79. 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 commute from Salem Township, by distance
About 23% 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.
Salem Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Salem Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 508 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). 11.7% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Salem Township is 2,563rd among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,561 | Nadeau Township MI | 1,080 | $55K | 12.8% | 7.1% | 4% | D |
| 2,562 | Springfield NY | 1,325 | $63K | 20.1% | 4.5% | 2% | D |
| 2,563 | Salem Township OH | 1,034 | $51K | 15.0% | 1.2% | 2% | D |
| 2,564 | West Beaver Township PA | 1,145 | $50K | 12.7% | 0.7% | 3% | D |
| 2,565 | Rush Township PA | 1,155 | $62K | 17.9% | 1.7% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Salem Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Salem Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Muskingum Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salem Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Township | – | D | B− | 29 min | $51,088 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | C | D− | 22 min | $79,643 |
| Muskingum Township | 3% | B− | B− | 21 min | $78,188 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Fearing Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Aurelius Township | under 2% | — | — | 53 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township, Fearing Township, Jefferson Township and Aurelius Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$51,088 (±$7,776) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salem Township?
15.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salem Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salem Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marietta (19%, 9 mi), Beverly (6%, 12 mi), Parkersburg (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Salem Township walkable?
Salem Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Salem Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% 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.