Most of Clayton commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Clayton has 43 jobs; 304 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Clayton itself; outside it, Quincy draws the most (25%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clayton: the figures worth knowing
Clayton is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Clayton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clayton has about 360 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Clayton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clayton is Quincy, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (75) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Clayton workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 304 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Clayton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 300 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Clayton on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
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 commute from Clayton, by distance
About 24% 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.
From Clayton, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clayton workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 242 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that employ Clayton’s residents
Where Clayton clocks in
25% of workers
14% 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.
65% of the jobs in Clayton pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clayton, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 43. 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 Clayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Clayton: questions
What is the median household income in Clayton?
$66,136 (±$12,908) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clayton?
12.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clayton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clayton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (25%, 23 mi), Mount Sterling (14%, 11 mi), Ellington Township (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clayton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clayton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clayton
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.