Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClay Township has higher unemployment (11.4%) than 96% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Clay Township; the top destination outside it is Logansport (31%, 4 miles). Jobs and income earn Clay Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D. The average commute, 24 minutes each way, matches the Indiana norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Clay Township stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Clay Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clay Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #514 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Clay Township’s grade up (9.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clay Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Commuting out of Clay Township: the destinations
Where Clay Township clocks in
31% of workers
8% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Clay Township
On a workday 1,129 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 493 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Clay Township is a services town
531 jobs are based in Clay Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 531. 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 Clay Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Clay Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clay Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,075 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.
The commute from Clay Township, by distance
About 22% 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.
Clay Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #545 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,136 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). 4.9% of Clay Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Clay Township is 3,716th of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 76 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 198 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,714 | Midway South TX | 2,308 | $54K | 24.5% | 6.5% | 0% | C− |
| 3,715 | Lagrange IN | 2,769 | $54K | 13.1% | 6.7% | 17% | C− |
| 3,716 | Clay Township IN | 2,882 | $64K | 9.8% | 11.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,717 | Wellton AZ | 2,671 | $58K | 8.2% | 0.5% | 11% | C− |
| 3,718 | Guyton GA | 3,247 | $86K | 14.7% | 13.6% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Clay Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Clay Township
The biggest share goes to Eel Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | C− | D | 24 min | $64,309 |
| Miami Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $100,179 |
| Eel Township | 1% | C− | B+ | 20 min | $47,617 |
| Bethlehem Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Noble Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $92,219 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | — | — | 44 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bethlehem Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Adams Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clay 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 Clay Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clay Township?
$64,309 (±$9,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
9.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logansport (31%, 4 mi), Clinton Township (8%, 10 mi), Kokomo (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clay Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clay 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.