Fewer people are out of work in Clay Township (1.3%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 16 minutes each way, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. Clay Township grades A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Clay Township is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Clay Township apart on work
Commutes from Clay Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
A young workforce
34% of Clay Township’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Clay Township makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Clay Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clay Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 53%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Clay Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clay Township is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #65 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Clay Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clay Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Getting to work from Clay Township takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 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 1,521 commuters (the 7% 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.
Clay Township works in goods: 42% of its jobs
1,178 jobs are based in Clay Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2013 → 2023: 916 → 1,178. 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 a workday changes Clay Township
On a workday 1,435 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 1,095 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
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 Newbury Township
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.
Miles to work from Clay Township
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Clay Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #64 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 21.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,627 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). 49.7% of Clay Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Clay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clay Township places 515th of 4,264 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 80 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 513 | Loyola CA | 3,430 | $250K | 3.7% | 6.0% | 3% | A |
| 514 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| 515 | Clay Township IN | 3,835 | $101K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| 516 | Salem Heights OH | 3,602 | $94K | 7.3% | 1.1% | 1% | A |
| 517 | Le Claire IA | 4,741 | $105K | 6.8% | 1.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
10% of Clay Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | A | A− | 16 min | $100,648 |
| Newbury Township | 10% | A | B+ | 20 min | $88,633 |
| Van Buren Township | under 4% | A | C+ | 18 min | $100,385 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 4% | C | B− | 22 min | $62,315 |
| Lima Township | under 4% | C+ | B− | 20 min | $74,083 |
| Clearspring Township | under 4% | B | B | 19 min | $87,768 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Newbury Township. 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?
$100,648 (±$24,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
4.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newbury Township (10%, 6 mi), Lagrange (9%, 4 mi), Shipshewana (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 50% 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.