Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Clayton has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 894 people come in to work
Clayton has 901 jobs for 469 working residents. Only 1% work in Clayton itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (40%, 21 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Clayton: the gist
Clayton and Indianapolis trade workers both ways
Indianapolis is the top workplace for Clayton residents (40%) and also where the most people who work in Clayton come from (39% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Clayton is where the jobs are
Clayton has 901 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 46% more than the 950 who 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; with 469 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Clayton’s workers come from
Where Clayton clocks in
40% of workers
12% 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.
Who leaves Clayton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 462 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Clayton on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Clayton is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clayton, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 901. 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 Clayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Clayton, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clayton workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 4% 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.
How far Clayton goes to work
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.
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 Clayton: questions
What is the median household income in Clayton?
$82,188 (±$17,172) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clayton?
3.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clayton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clayton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (40%, 21 mi), Plainfield (12%, 8 mi), Liberty Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clayton 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 Clayton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clayton
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.