For more than half of its working residents, Clermont is a commute to Indianapolis
The two grades for Clermont are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. For 19% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Hardly any work in Clermont; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (58%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clermont, in a few figures
More than half of Clermont works in Indianapolis
418 working residents, 58%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 9.7 miles away. That’s 58 times as many as work in Clermont itself. The commute map ↓
Clermont is where the jobs are
Clermont has 1,284 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,000 people are in town, 40% more than the 1,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Clermont makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Clermont are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clermont residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
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 720 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Clermont
On income, poverty and job access, Clermont is better than 77% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Clermont’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clermont could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Where the people who work in Clermont live
Where Clermont clocks in
58% 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.
How many people are in Clermont by day
On a workday 716 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 1,280 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Clermont on a workday afternoon, 40% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
A place that makes things: 64% of Clermont’s jobs are in goods
1,284 jobs are based in Clermont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clermont, 2013 → 2023: 805 → 1,284. 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 Clermont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Clermont: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clermont workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 614 commuters (the 19% 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 Clermont 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.
The commute in Clermont is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clermont is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 762 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Clermont households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clermont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Clermont is 715th among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 713 | Canyon Creek TX | 1,646 | $92K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A− |
| 714 | Bear Creek Ranch TX | 1,604 | $81K | 2.9% | 5.9% | 0% | A− |
| 715 | Clermont IN | 1,403 | $82K | 8.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A− |
| 716 | Roland IA | 1,344 | $79K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A− |
| 717 | Hampden-Sydney VA | 1,769 | $155K | 0.0% | 3.6% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Clermont, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Clermont: questions
What is the median household income in Clermont?
$82,083 (±$18,495) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clermont?
8.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clermont?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clermont work?
1% work in town.
Is Clermont walkable?
Clermont is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clermont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clermont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clermont
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.