Work & commute · Salt Lick

Work & commute in Salt Lick, OH

Most working residents leave Salt Lick for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Lexington (14%), Columbus (11%) and Logan (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 408 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 396 Salt Lick residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salt Lick.

396live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salt Lick goes to work

New Lexington6.8 mi away

14%57

Columbus48.8 mi away

11%43

Logan12.3 mi away

8%33

Lancaster22.8 mi away

6%25

Pike4.4 mi away

5%19

Zanesville25.4 mi away

3%13

Shawnee0.6 mi away

2%10

Monroe6.3 mi away

2%10

Athens20.9 mi away

2%9

Hocking24.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%182

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Salt Lick commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

25%

28%

20%

28%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salt Lick is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Salt Lick are

97 jobs are based in Salt Lick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salt Lick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salt Lick

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Salt Lick residents hold

408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+155%

Jobs based in Salt Lick, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 97. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.