St. Patrick's Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClay Township draws 21,980 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
There are 24,565 jobs in Clay Township, and 13,570 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Clay Township are B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in five work in Clay Township; the top destination outside it is South Bend (26%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clay Township, in a few figures
Clay Township and South Bend trade workers both ways
South Bend is the top workplace for Clay Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Clay Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Clay Township is where the jobs are
Clay Township has 24,565 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most Clay Township residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Clay Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clay Township went from 16,708 in 2014 to 24,565 in 2024, +47%. 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 52% of U.S. towns, #306 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Clay Township’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clay Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Where Clay Township’s workforce comes from
Where Clay Township clocks in
26% of workers
15% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Clay Township
On a workday 10,985 residents head out to work and 2,585 work right here.
About 45,000 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 32% more 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.
How many miles Clay Township commutes
About 17% 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.
The kinds of work in Clay Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2014 → 2024: 16,708 → 24,565. 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 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 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 15,359 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.
Good to walk, short on 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, #63 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 17,516 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). 5.6% of Clay Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Clay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clay Township next to U.S. towns of 24,000 to 46,000: 853rd of 1,255 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 20 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 37 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 64 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 17% | A+ |
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| 851 | Easley SC | 27,319 | $66K | 13.9% | 3.2% | 11% | B− |
| 852 | Fredericksburg VA | 30,393 | $86K | 13.2% | 5.1% | 20% | B− |
| 853 | Clay Township IN | 34,221 | $72K | 9.8% | 5.4% | 19% | B− |
| 854 | La Quinta CA | 39,440 | $99K | 8.8% | 7.3% | 13% | B− |
| 855 | Athens AL | 34,209 | $70K | 12.2% | 3.1% | 24% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,255 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Clay Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Notre Dame (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | B− | A− | 20 min | $72,406 |
| Portage Township | under 2% | C− | A | 20 min | $52,872 |
| German Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $74,918 |
| Penn Township | 2% | C+ | B | 21 min | $65,544 |
| Notre Dame | 9% | C− | A | 10 min | $19,886 |
| Harris Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $112,056 |
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?
$72,406 (±$3,600) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
9.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
20 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?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Bend (26%, 4 mi), Mishawaka (15%, 5 mi), Notre Dame (9%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.