Gill-Morris Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSaltcreek Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
321 jobs are based in Saltcreek Township, and 1,311 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Saltcreek Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C). Only 2% work in Saltcreek Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (24%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Saltcreek Township apart on work
Saltcreek Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Saltcreek Township is Columbus, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (312) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Saltcreek Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Saltcreek Township
67% of Saltcreek Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Saltcreek Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Saltcreek Township is a place people come home to
There are 321 jobs based in Saltcreek Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Saltcreek Township has about 1,900 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Saltcreek Township makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Saltcreek Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Saltcreek Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Saltcreek Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Saltcreek Township’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Saltcreek Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
The distance from Saltcreek Township to work
About 15% 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.
Saltcreek Township’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saltcreek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,278 commuters (the 12% 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.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Saltcreek Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saltcreek Township, 2014 → 2024: 310 → 321. 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 Saltcreek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Saltcreek Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,280 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Saltcreek Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where people from Saltcreek Township work
Where Saltcreek Township clocks in
24% of workers
10% 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.
Most of Saltcreek Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,453 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). 20.6% of Saltcreek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Saltcreek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Saltcreek Township ranks: 1,982nd of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,980 | Kingston WA | 2,496 | $91K | 8.1% | 2.2% | 4% | B |
| 1,981 | Round Lake Heights IL | 2,580 | $79K | 14.5% | 4.1% | <1% | B |
| 1,982 | Saltcreek Township OH | 2,902 | $73K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,983 | Norwalk Township OH | 3,429 | $62K | 5.3% | 3.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,984 | Buffalo Township PA | 3,546 | $67K | 10.4% | 0.1% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | 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 Saltcreek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Saltcreek Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pickaway Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saltcreek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltcreek Township | – | B | C | 32 min | $73,317 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | D | D | 32 min | $59,229 |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $93,833 |
| Pickaway Township | 6% | A− | C | 28 min | $99,056 |
| Clearcreek Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $97,500 |
| Adelphi | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Laurelville | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Adelphi and Laurelville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Saltcreek 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 Saltcreek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Saltcreek Township?
$73,317 (±$30,747) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saltcreek Township?
9.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saltcreek Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saltcreek Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (24%, 34 mi), Circleville (10%, 10 mi), Pickaway Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Saltcreek Township walkable?
Saltcreek Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saltcreek Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saltcreek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saltcreek 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.