Clay TownshipOwen County, IN
A town of 2,679. 35% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Clay Township a good place to live?
Clay Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $200K for a typical one, or 3 years of the Bloomington metro’s $66K median household income. It grades B− overall, 367th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 76% of the country. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. On history, just 79 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Green's Bluff Nature Preserve, at 987 acres with 2.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Clay Township stand out
Where Clay Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Clay Township for work
Where Clay Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Clay Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Clay Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 94% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 2%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Clay Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clay Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Clay Township.
Clay Township earns a C− for health
41% of adults have high blood pressure in Clay Township, against 39% in Indiana’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 14% of Clay Township adults have diabetes. Clay Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Clay Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Clay Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.4% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.3% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Clay Township
Clay Township has 162 jobs for its 1,100 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Clay Township for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Clay Township is 29 minutes. Jobs based in Clay Township grew to 162 in 2023, 84 more than in 2013.
| Clay Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clay Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Clay Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Green's Bluff Nature Preserve | 2.4 mi | 987 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (37% statewide); children under 18 are 19% of residents (23% statewide). Clay Township has grown 2.6% since 2020, to 2,679 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Clay Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42.3 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Clay Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.7% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Clay Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1995, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clay Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Memorial Stadium and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clay Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
12 mi Stadium & arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
13 mi MuseumEskenazi Museum of Art
13 mi TheatreIndiana University Auditorium39 mi MuseumCANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center
39 mi MuseumSwope Art MuseumPhoto credits
Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall: Sean Benham from Chicago, CC BY 2.0 · Eskenazi Museum of Art: Kzollman (Kevin J.S. Zollman)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indiana University Auditorium: Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Public domain · Swope Art Museum: Colin Pizarek, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Clay Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Clay Township
About 5 of every 100 Clay Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Clay Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Clay Township is one of thirteen townships in Owen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,566 (down from 2,600 at 2010) and it contained 1,134 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 745 ft
Clay Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Clay Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | #367 | B− | A | — | B | C− |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
| Richland Township | #217 | B+ | B | — | B+ | B |
| Beech Creek Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | C |
| Washington Township | #373 | B− | A− | — | B | C− |
Franklin Township and Beech Creek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clay Township, Franklin Township, Richland Township, Beech Creek Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clay Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clay Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clay Township, IN a good place to live?
Clay Township grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #367 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Clay Township, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.