Fewer people are out of work in Clay Township (1.2%) than in 93% of U.S. towns
2.0% of residents live below the poverty line, where Indiana as a whole has 12.3%. Clay Township grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Clay Township is ahead of 67% 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
Nearly half of Clay Township works in Columbus
747 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Columbus, 5.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 49 times as many as work in Clay Township itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Clay Township’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the Indiana average of 24. Time on the road ↓
Clay Township is a place people come home to
There are 154 jobs based in Clay Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clay Township has about 2,000 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How Clay Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clay Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #60 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Clay Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clay Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
49% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Clay Township clocks in
49% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Clay Township’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 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 1,554 commuters (the 8% 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 by day and by night
On a workday 1,515 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Clay Township, 56% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
154 jobs are based in Clay Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 154. 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.
The commute from Clay Township, by distance
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Clay Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #524 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,695 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). 0.0% 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.
For jobs and income, Clay Township is 488th of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 137 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 486 | Madera Ranchos CA | 3,037 | $127K | 10.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 487 | Monte Sereno CA | 3,566 | $250K | 1.2% | 6.8% | 3% | A |
| 488 | Clay Township IN | 3,381 | $90K | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 489 | Rice Township PA | 3,834 | $111K | 6.1% | 1.4% | 3% | A |
| 490 | Addison WI | 3,416 | $113K | 3.7% | 3.7% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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.
49% of Clay Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | A | D | 31 min | $89,688 |
| Clifty Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 30 min | $88,438 |
| Columbus Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Flat Rock Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 41 min | $89,047 |
| Columbus | 49% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $77,456 |
Same-state neighbors only. Columbus Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Columbus. 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?
$89,688 (±$16,188) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
2.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (49%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 42 mi), Seymour (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.