Columbus draws about half of Clifty Township’s working residents
Working residents average 30 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). The two grades for Clifty Township are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 1% work in Clifty Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (48%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Clifty Township in brief
Nearly half of Clifty Township works in Columbus
238 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Columbus, 10 miles away. That’s 48 times as many as work in Clifty Township itself. The commute map ↓
Clifty Township is a place people come home to
There are 142 jobs based in Clifty Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clifty Township has about 710 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Clifty Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 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 499 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Clifty Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Clifty Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Clifty Township’s grade up ($88,438, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (12.8%) is left out: Clifty Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clifty Township could be anywhere from D to A.
Where Clifty Township goes to work
Where Clifty Township clocks in
48% of workers
10% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Clifty Township
On a workday 493 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Clifty Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.28 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 2023, primary jobs.
How long Clifty Township spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clifty Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 536 commuters (the 6% 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.
Clifty Township works in goods: 76% of its jobs
142 jobs are based in Clifty Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clifty Township, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 142. 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 Clifty Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Clifty Township
About 17% 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.
Clifty Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clifty Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 570 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 Clifty Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clifty Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Clifty Township is 1,513th among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
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| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
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| 1,511 | Elder Township PA | 1,016 | $62K | 7.5% | 1.4% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,512 | Thomasboro IL | 1,003 | $64K | 13.2% | 1.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,513 | Clifty Township IN | 1,062 | $88K | 18.9% | 12.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,514 | Belmont ME | 1,021 | $61K | 4.3% | 6.9% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,515 | Brady Township PA | 1,008 | $73K | 6.8% | 5.3% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Clifty Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Clifty Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clifty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifty Township | – | C+ | C | 30 min | $88,438 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | A | D | 31 min | $89,688 |
| Haw Creek Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 22 min | $86,667 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Rock Creek Township | under 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $93,750 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $70,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clifty 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 Clifty Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clifty Township?
$88,438 (±$34,228) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clifty Township?
18.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clifty Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clifty Township work?
1% work in town.
Is Clifty Township walkable?
Clifty Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clifty Township without a car?
0% 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 Clifty Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clifty 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.