Most of Clark Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 54 jobs in Clark Township; 366 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Clark Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (C). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Clark Township
The four measures behind Clark Township’s grade
The poverty rate holds Clark Township’s grade up (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.6%) is left out: Clark Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clark Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
Who leaves Clark Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Clark Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
10% of working residents work in Tell City
Where Clark Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Clark Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clark Township, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 54. 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 Clark Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Clark Township: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clark Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 676 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Where in the region Clark Township works
About 25% 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.
Getting around Clark Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 2.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 715 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). 2.7% of Clark Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Clark Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Clark Township comes 2,596th 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+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
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| 2,594 | Gadsden SC | 1,443 | $53K | 29.0% | 15.2% | <1% | C− |
| 2,595 | Celoron NY | 1,049 | $52K | 16.6% | 5.8% | 2% | C− |
| 2,596 | Clark Township IN | 1,087 | $64K | 10.2% | 7.6% | 1% | C− |
| 2,597 | Grandview OK | 1,251 | $74K | 18.5% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 2,598 | Rockwell IA | 1,039 | $61K | 14.8% | 0.9% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Clark Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
10% of Clark Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clark Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Township | – | C− | C | 25 min | $63,684 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 26 min | $67,821 |
| Oil Township | 10% | B | D− | 35 min | $92,946 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | C− | C | 31 min | $66,875 |
| Anderson Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 19 min | $90,208 |
| Leopold Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Ferdinand Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $82,738 |
Same-state neighbors only. Leopold Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oil Township. Darker towns draw more of Clark Township’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 Clark Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clark Township?
$63,684 (±$23,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clark Township?
10.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clark Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clark Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tell City (10%, 16 mi), Oil Township (10%, 9 mi), Jasper (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clark Township walkable?
Clark Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clark Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clark Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clark Township
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.