William L. Lords House · Photo: MrHarman · CC BY-SA 3.0Clear Lake Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 37 jobs are based in Clear Lake Township, against 299 working residents. Only 1% work in Clear Lake Township itself; outside it, Angola draws the most (25%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Clear Lake Township
Clear Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Clear Lake Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clear Lake Township has about 570 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Clear Lake Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Clear Lake Township fell from 331 in 2013 to 37 in 2023, −89%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Clear Lake Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Clear Lake Township on a workday
On a workday 296 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Clear Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2023, primary jobs.
What Clear Lake Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clear Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 37. 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 Clear Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Clear Lake Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clear Lake Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 416 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.
Where people from Clear Lake Township work
Where Clear Lake Township clocks in
25% of workers
21% 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 distance from Clear Lake Township to work
About 19% 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.
Work in the towns next to Clear Lake Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clear Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Lake Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $96,500 |
| Fremont Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 18 min | $67,391 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clear Lake 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 Clear Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clear Lake Township?
$96,500 (±$18,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clear Lake Township?
0.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clear Lake Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clear Lake Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (25%, 11 mi), Fremont (21%, 5 mi), Fort Wayne (10%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clear Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clear Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clear Lake 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.