Work & commute · Salt Rock

Work & commute in Salt Rock, OH

Most working residents leave Salt Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (18%), Marion (14%) and Columbus (9%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 262 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 259 Salt Rock residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salt Rock.

259live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salt Rock goes to work

Marion7.8 mi away

18%46

Marion8.4 mi away

14%37

Columbus49.5 mi away

9%24

Delaware28.2 mi away

4%10

Claridon13.1 mi away

3%9

Ontario33.7 mi away

2%5

Mansfield38 mi away

2%5

Pleasant11.9 mi away

2%5

Mount Gilead23.5 mi away

2%4

Upper Sandusky11 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%113

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

How far

How far Salt Rock commutes

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

31%

19%

31%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salt Rock is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Salt Rock are

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

Jobs based in Salt Rock

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Salt Rock residents hold

262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+7%

Jobs based in Salt Rock, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 112. 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.