Champ's Ford Bridge · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClay Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
294 jobs are based in Clay Township for 611 working residents. Clay Township grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. 2% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Clay Township: the gist
Clay Township and Greensburg trade workers both ways
Greensburg is the top workplace for Clay Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Clay Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Clay Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Clay Township fell from 451 in 2014 to 294 in 2024, −35%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Clay Township 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 611 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Clay Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Clay Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clay Township’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Clay Township’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, Clay Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
21% of working residents work in Greensburg
Where Clay 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.
Clay Township works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2014 → 2024: 451 → 294. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Clay Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 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 499 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.
Who leaves Clay Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 596 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Clay Township
About 19% 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.
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 32% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Clay Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 509 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 Clay Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Clay Township ranks: 1,853rd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,851 | Georgetown WI | 1,034 | $77K | 5.1% | 7.2% | 2% | B− |
| 1,852 | Prospect OH | 1,056 | $71K | 11.5% | 5.9% | <1% | B− |
| 1,853 | Clay Township IN | 1,295 | $71K | 6.7% | 1.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,854 | Ancram NY | 1,413 | $100K | 9.3% | 3.5% | 10% | B− |
| 1,855 | Jackson Township OH | 1,147 | $81K | 13.3% | 10.0% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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.
27% of Clay Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Greensburg (21%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | B− | C | 22 min | $70,583 |
| Washington Township | 4% | B− | B− | 18 min | $63,989 |
| Haw Creek Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 22 min | $86,667 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | C | C− | 27 min | $55,385 |
| Jackson Township | 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Sandcreek Township | under 2% | C− | C | 33 min | $64,278 |
| Greensburg | 21% | B− | B− | 18 min | $62,655 |
| Clifty Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 30 min | $88,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clay Township?
$70,583 (±$12,399) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
6.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
22 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 Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greensburg (21%, 7 mi), Columbus (10%, 18 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay Township 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 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), 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. 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.