There are 2.1 jobs in Claypool for every working resident, and 985 people commute in
1,014 jobs are based in Claypool, against 480 working residents. Jobs and income earn Claypool D; getting around on foot earns it C−. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 18% across Arizona.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Claypool, in brief
Claypool makes and builds things
92% of the jobs based in Claypool are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Claypool residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
55% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Claypool is where the jobs are
Claypool has 1,014 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,800 people are in town, 42% more than the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 480 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Claypool’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Claypool is better than 7% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Claypool’s grade.
Unemployment (12.0%) is left out: Claypool’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Claypool could be anywhere from D− to C.
Factories, building and farms: 92% of the jobs in Claypool
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Claypool, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 1,014. 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 Claypool’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Claypool’s commute, mile by mile
About 55% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Claypool
On a workday 451 residents head out to work and 29 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Claypool on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Claypool live
Where Claypool clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
Time on the road from Claypool: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Claypool workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 582 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% 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.
For most of Claypool, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Claypool is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.9% across Arizona.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 582 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). 0.0% of Claypool households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Claypool’s commuters take a bus or train.
Claypool is 4,270th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 734 | Mountainaire AZ | 1,103 | $112K | 5.2% | 5.7% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,035 | Red Lake AZ | 1,676 | $101K | 0.0% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,564 | Morenci AZ | 1,673 | $70K | 3.5% | 4.0% | 64% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,268 | North Plains Township MI | 1,200 | $61K | 22.8% | 8.6% | 1% | D |
| 4,269 | Liberty Township PA | 1,553 | $50K | 14.0% | 7.9% | 4% | D |
| 4,270 | Claypool AZ | 1,259 | $58K | 21.8% | 12.0% | 6% | D |
| 4,271 | Congress AZ | 1,491 | $57K | 16.0% | 0.0% | 3% | D |
| 4,272 | Caraway AR | 1,104 | $39K | 19.5% | 3.3% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Claypool, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Work next door: 25% of Claypool’s workers
The biggest share goes to Globe (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Claypool workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claypool | – | D | C− | 14 min | $57,900 |
| Globe | 19% | C | B | 23 min | $69,170 |
| Central Heights-Midland City | under 3% | D− | D | 15 min | $61,400 |
| Miami | 6% | D− | C+ | 18 min | $40,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Claypool’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 Claypool: questions
What is the median household income in Claypool?
$57,900 (±$15,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Claypool?
21.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Claypool?
14 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Claypool work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Globe (19%, 6 mi), Phoenix (15%, 73 mi), Mesa (7%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Claypool walkable?
Claypool is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Claypool without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Claypool, from the people who make the trip.
More of Claypool
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.