Clay Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 230 jobs in Clay Township; 693 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Clay Township are B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 2% work in Clay Township; the top destination outside it is Warsaw (31%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Clay Township, in brief
31% of Clay Township works in Warsaw
213 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Warsaw, 7.5 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Clay Township itself. The commute map ↓
Clay Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 28 minutes). 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 693 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 66% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clay Township’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.0%) 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 B− to A−.
Where the trip to work from Clay Township ends
Where Clay Township clocks in
31% of workers
3% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Clay Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 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 725 commuters (the 12% 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.
In and out of Clay Township on a workday
On a workday 676 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Goods jobs make up 78% of work in Clay Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2014 → 2024: 154 → 230. 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.
How far it is to work from Clay Township
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.
The commute in Clay Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is near the bottom 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 826 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). 0.2% 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.
Clay Township is 1,227th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 106 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 152 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,225 | Clancy MT | 1,874 | $125K | 4.8% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,226 | Kempner TX | 1,297 | $75K | 2.5% | 5.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,227 | Clay Township IN | 1,661 | $92K | 5.3% | 1.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,228 | Hutchinson Township MN | 1,219 | $109K | 6.0% | 1.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,229 | East Valley NV | 1,283 | $125K | 4.9% | 3.7% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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.
How Clay Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | B+ | D− | 32 min | $92,353 |
| Lake Township | under 2% | C | D | 23 min | $70,833 |
| Seward Township | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $77,267 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 28 min | $107,708 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$92,353 (±$16,158) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
5.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (31%, 8 mi), Fort Wayne (4%, 37 mi), Indianapolis (3%, 95 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% 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.