Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSalt Lick Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Salt Lick Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Employers in Salt Lick Township report 97 jobs; 408 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Salt Lick Township
Salt Lick Township is a place people come home to
There are 97 jobs based in Salt Lick Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Salt Lick Township has about 770 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Salt Lick Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Salt Lick Township workers work from home
Only 3% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 408 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Salt Lick Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Salt Lick Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Salt Lick Township’s grade up (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: Salt Lick 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, Salt Lick Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Who works in Salt Lick Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 396 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Salt Lick 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Salt Lick 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 Salt Lick Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 403 commuters (the 3% 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.
14% of working residents work in New Lexington
Where Salt Lick Township clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 34% of the jobs in Salt Lick Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salt Lick Township, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 97. 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 Salt Lick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Salt Lick Township commutes
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Salt Lick Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Salt Lick Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Salt Lick 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 415 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). 0.2% of Salt Lick Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Salt Lick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Salt Lick Township ranks: 2,773rd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,771 | Stromsburg NE | 1,159 | $59K | 12.2% | 0.2% | 11% | C− |
| 2,772 | Bainbridge NY | 1,248 | $58K | 11.4% | 5.9% | 8% | C− |
| 2,773 | Salt Lick Township OH | 1,083 | $56K | 11.7% | 6.3% | 3% | C− |
| 2,774 | Northwest NC | 1,096 | $53K | 19.1% | 10.3% | 1% | C− |
| 2,775 | Raymond Township IL | 1,103 | $64K | 21.5% | 2.0% | 15% | 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 Salt Lick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Salt Lick Township
The biggest share goes to Pike Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salt Lick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lick Township | – | C− | D | 31 min | $56,346 |
| Coal Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Monday Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Pike Township | 5% | C− | B+ | 31 min | $58,843 |
| Hemlock | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Coal Township, Pleasant Township, Monday Creek Township and Hemlock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Salt Lick 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 Salt Lick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Salt Lick Township?
$56,346 (±$25,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salt Lick Township?
11.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salt Lick Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salt Lick Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Lexington (14%, 7 mi), Columbus (11%, 49 mi), Logan (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Salt Lick Township walkable?
Salt Lick Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Salt Lick Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Salt Lick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salt Lick 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.