Indian Head, Millertown, Champion, Maple Grove, White, Clinton, and Melcroft are unincorporated communities in the township.

Pennsylvania Routes 381 and 711 cross the center of the township, following the Indian Creek valley.

[3] As of the decennial census of 2020, there were 3,037 people in the township, of which 97% were White, none were Black and 0.4 were Hispanic or Latino alone.

[5] In 2019, nearly two-thirds of the children in Saltlick Township were living in poverty, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Attempts to extend the permit and expand operations in 2022 met with controversy.