Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0Unemployment in Saltlick Township (11.1%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. For jobs and income Saltlick Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Only 4% work in Saltlick Township itself; outside it, Seven Springs draws the most (6%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Saltlick Township
Income, poverty and work: Saltlick Township’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Saltlick Township’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Saltlick Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
A workday in Saltlick Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,075 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Saltlick Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.21 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Saltlick Township commutes to
Where Saltlick Township clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Saltlick Township
231 jobs are based in Saltlick Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saltlick Township, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 231. 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 Saltlick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Saltlick Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saltlick Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 957 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Saltlick Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Saltlick Township is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,005 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). 1.2% of Saltlick Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Saltlick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Saltlick Township is 3,040th of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,038 | Oakland Township PA | 2,707 | $74K | 11.6% | 6.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 3,039 | Stonycreek Township PA | 2,081 | $73K | 8.2% | 4.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,040 | Saltlick Township PA | 2,908 | $72K | 6.5% | 11.1% | 4% | C+ |
| 3,041 | Jamestown CA | 3,265 | $57K | 6.1% | 4.3% | 3% | C+ |
| 3,042 | Channel Lake IL | 2,052 | $68K | 23.1% | 5.3% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Saltlick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
17% of Saltlick Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saltlick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltlick Township | – | C+ | D | 26 min | $72,210 |
| Springfield Township | 6% | D | D | 29 min | $56,667 |
| Donegal Township | 5% | C+ | B− | 37 min | $63,411 |
| Bullskin Township | under 3% | B− | D | 31 min | $69,814 |
| Middlecreek Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Seven Springs | 6% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Middlecreek Township and Seven Springs: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Springfield Township. Darker towns draw more of Saltlick 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 Saltlick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Saltlick Township?
$72,210 (±$9,906) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saltlick Township?
6.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saltlick Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saltlick Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seven Springs (6%, 6 mi), Springfield Township (6%, 5 mi), Donegal Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saltlick Township walkable?
Saltlick Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saltlick 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 Saltlick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saltlick 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.