Most of Clearspring Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 7% stay in Clearspring Township for work; outside it, Topeka is the main destination (10%, 3 miles). Clearspring Township has 680 jobs for 1,615 working residents. Jobs and income earn Clearspring Township B; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clearspring Township at work: what stands out
Clearspring Township makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Clearspring Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clearspring Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 55%. The jobs ↓
A young workforce
34% of Clearspring Township’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Clearspring Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clearspring Township went from 466 in 2013 to 680 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Clearspring Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Clearspring Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clearspring Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #236 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Clearspring Township’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clearspring Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Making and building: 60% of jobs based in Clearspring Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clearspring Township, 2013 → 2023: 466 → 680. 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 Clearspring Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Clearspring Township’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clearspring Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,720 commuters (the 14% 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.
Clearspring Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,495 residents head out to work, 120 work right here, and 560 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Clearspring Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
The towns that employ Clearspring Township’s residents
Where Clearspring Township clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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.
Half of Clearspring Township commutes less than 14 miles
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.
Clearspring Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clearspring Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #198 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 23.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,008 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). 50.4% of Clearspring Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Clearspring Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clearspring Township places 1,638th of 3,867 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 92 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 132 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 136 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,636 | East Rochester NY | 6,132 | $73K | 7.5% | 5.8% | 7% | B |
| 1,637 | Bethel Acres OK | 3,301 | $76K | 11.3% | 2.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,638 | Clearspring Township IN | 4,713 | $88K | 5.9% | 4.4% | 7% | B |
| 1,639 | Duanesburg NY | 6,020 | $95K | 9.8% | 4.1% | 8% | B |
| 1,640 | Byron IL | 3,777 | $79K | 10.5% | 3.0% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | 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 Clearspring Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Clearspring Township
The biggest share goes to Eden Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clearspring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearspring Township | – | B | B | 19 min | $87,768 |
| Eden Township | 4% | B+ | B− | 17 min | $91,067 |
| Johnson Township | under 5% | B+ | D | 28 min | $83,795 |
| Elkhart Township | under 5% | B | B− | 24 min | $78,672 |
| Clay Township | under 5% | A | A− | 16 min | $100,648 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clearspring 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 Clearspring Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clearspring Township?
$87,768 (±$18,615) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clearspring Township?
5.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clearspring Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clearspring Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (10%, 3 mi), Middlebury (6%, 13 mi), Goshen (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clearspring Township walkable?
Clearspring Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 24% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clearspring Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 50% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clearspring Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clearspring 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.