With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Clay Township works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26. Clay Township has 455 jobs for 1,321 working residents. Jobs and income earn Clay Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clay Township and work: the main findings
Clay Township makes and builds things
60% 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 35%. The jobs ↓
Clay Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Clay Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clay Township is Jasper, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (133) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Clay Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clay Township went from 332 in 2014 to 455 in 2024, +37%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Clay Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clay Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #217 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Clay Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clay Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Clay Township works in goods: 60% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2014 → 2024: 332 → 455. 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.
From Clay Township, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 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 1,107 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Clay Township to work
About 15% 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.
In and out of Clay Township on a workday
On a workday 1,277 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
10% of working residents work in Jasper
Where Clay Township clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
For most of Clay Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #452 of 593 in Indiana. 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 1,215 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). 1.4% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Clay Township is 1,628th among 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 76 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 198 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,626 | Sevastopol WI | 2,835 | $89K | 8.1% | 1.4% | 11% | B |
| 1,627 | Big Lake WA | 2,326 | $109K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,628 | Clay Township IN | 2,920 | $89K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,629 | Vevay Township MI | 3,638 | $110K | 6.2% | 10.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,630 | Millville DE | 2,145 | $100K | 5.8% | 3.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 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 town next door
The biggest share goes to Santa Claus (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | B | C− | 30 min | $89,167 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Carter Township | 4% | B | C | 26 min | $75,288 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 26 min | $67,821 |
| Hammond Township | under 3% | A− | C | 29 min | $83,565 |
| Santa Claus | 6% | A− | C | 30 min | $89,659 |
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?
$89,167 (±$18,196) (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?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (10%, 22 mi), Ferdinand (10%, 12 mi), Dale (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% 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.