Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Clay City works elsewhere
2% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. There are 107 jobs in Clay City for 304 working residents. Only 2% work in Clay City itself; outside it, Terre Haute draws the most (13%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clay City at work: what stands out
Clay City workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
Few Clay City workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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 2024, 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.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Clay City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clay City workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 543 commuters (the 2% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Clay City
About 31% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A workday in Clay City: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 297 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Clay City on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Clay City: the destinations
Where Clay City clocks in
13% 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.
What Clay City’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay City, 2014 → 2024: 132 → 107. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clay City’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 2024, 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 City: questions
What is the median household income in Clay City?
$72,292 (±$28,590) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay City?
10.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay City?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay City work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (13%, 19 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 62 mi), Knightsville (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Clay City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clay City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clay City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.