With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Saline Township works elsewhere
194 jobs are based in Saline Township for 412 working residents. Saline Township grades C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Saline Township: the figures worth knowing
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Saline Township
On income, poverty and job access, Saline Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Saline Township’s grade up ($91,458, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.1%) is left out: Saline 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, Saline Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
About 30 minutes each way for Saline Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saline Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 616 commuters (the 5% 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.
In and out of Saline Township on a workday
On a workday 387 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Saline Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
11% of working residents work in Steubenville
Where Saline Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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, not services: 29% of the jobs in Saline Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saline Township, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saline Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Saline Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
For most of Saline Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saline Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. 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 650 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). 4.0% of Saline Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Saline Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Saline Township comes 2,080th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,078 | Rush Lake Township MN | 1,073 | $75K | 10.1% | 6.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,079 | Caroga NY | 1,238 | $65K | 7.4% | 1.6% | 6% | C |
| 2,080 | Saline Township OH | 1,120 | $91K | 16.7% | 8.1% | 6% | C |
| 2,081 | Lake Tomahawk WI | 1,162 | $70K | 7.9% | 3.2% | 3% | C |
| 2,082 | Atwood IL | 1,100 | $62K | 9.4% | 5.5% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Saline Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Saline Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saline Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saline Township | – | C | D− | 30 min | $91,458 |
| Knox Township | under 2% | C− | C | 23 min | $50,132 |
| Yellow Creek Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 31 min | $66,389 |
| Brush Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Ross Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brush Creek Township and Ross 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?
$91,458 (±$13,522) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saline Township?
16.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saline Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saline Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steubenville (11%, 13 mi), Toronto (6%, 8 mi), Weirton (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saline Township walkable?
Saline Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saline Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.