Almost no one in Clear Creek Township’s labor force is looking for work
Hardly any work in Clear Creek Township itself; outside it, Fort Wayne draws the most (31%, 21 miles). Jobs and income earn Clear Creek Township A−; getting around on foot earns it D−. A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Clear Creek Township
Clear Creek Township is a place people come home to
There are 92 jobs based in Clear Creek Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clear Creek Township has about 1,200 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Clear Creek Township and Fort Wayne trade workers both ways
Fort Wayne is the top workplace for Clear Creek Township residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Clear Creek Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; with 936 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Clear Creek Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clear Creek Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Clear Creek Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clear Creek Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily commute in and out of Clear Creek Township
On a workday 928 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Clear Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Clear Creek Township goes to work
Where Clear Creek Township clocks in
17% 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.
Goods jobs make up 66% of work in Clear Creek Township
92 jobs are based in Clear Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clear Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 100 → 92. 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 Clear Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Clear Creek Township: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clear Creek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,019 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Clear Creek Township
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.
Driving is how Clear Creek Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clear Creek Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,131 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 Clear Creek Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clear Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clear Creek Township is 749th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 114 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 169 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 747 | Mitchellville IA | 2,671 | $81K | 10.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 748 | Caledonia NY | 2,089 | $84K | 4.7% | 3.0% | 8% | A− |
| 749 | Clear Creek Township IN | 2,013 | $85K | 7.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 750 | Harrison Township ND | 1,734 | $122K | 5.1% | 5.2% | 4% | A− |
| 751 | Liberty Township PA | 1,820 | $94K | 3.3% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Clear Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Clear Creek Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clear Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Township | – | A− | D− | 22 min | $85,461 |
| Warren Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Huntington Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $59,619 |
| Jackson Township | 2% | A− | B− | 25 min | $77,379 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 32 min | $107,096 |
Same-state neighbors only. Warren Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clear Creek Township?
$85,461 (±$9,250) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clear Creek Township?
7.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clear Creek Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clear Creek Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (31%, 21 mi), Huntington (17%, 5 mi), Lafayette Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clear Creek Township walkable?
Clear Creek Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clear Creek 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.