About half of Clay Township’s working residents commute to Hutchinson
Household incomes here are higher than in 74% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Clay Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D. Hardly any work in Clay Township; the top destination outside it is Hutchinson (49%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Clay Township apart
Nearly half of Clay Township works in Hutchinson
405 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Hutchinson, 4.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 49 times as many as work in Clay Township itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Clay Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Clay Township fell from 550 in 2014 to 305 in 2024, −45%. 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 ↓
Most Clay Township residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 823 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Clay Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Clay Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Clay Township’s grade up ($95,938, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Clay 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, Clay Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where Clay Township’s working residents head each day
Where Clay Township clocks in
49% of workers
10% 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.
Clay Township is a services town
305 jobs are based in Clay Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2014 → 2024: 550 → 305. 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 Clay Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Clay Township goes to work
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.
How many people are in Clay Township by day
On a workday 817 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 299 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
The trip to work from Clay Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clay Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 837 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
The commute in Clay Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is more walkable than 10% 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 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 881 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 Clay Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clay Township next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700: 1,200th of 5,509 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,198 | Penndel PA | 2,507 | $76K | 11.8% | 3.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,199 | Wrightsville PA | 2,259 | $67K | 5.0% | 3.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,200 | Clay Township KS | 2,001 | $96K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,201 | Westmoreland NH | 1,757 | $104K | 6.2% | 2.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,202 | Leesburg Township OH | 1,694 | $102K | 8.4% | 3.9% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Clay Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Clay Township and its neighbors: 50% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | B+ | D | 19 min | $95,938 |
| Hutchinson | 49% | C | B | 16 min | $58,687 |
| Yoder Township | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Medora Township | under 1% | B− | D− | 20 min | $78,513 |
| Valley Township | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Reno Township | 1% | B− | B | 16 min | $59,505 |
| Little River Township | under 1% | B | C | 22 min | $71,016 |
Same-state neighbors only. Yoder Township and Valley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hutchinson. Darker towns draw more of Clay 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 Clay Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clay Township?
$95,938 (±$23,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
6.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
1% work in town.
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay 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 Clay Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clay 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.