Work means Wichita for about half of Clearwater’s working residents
The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S. Clearwater grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in ten stay in Clearwater for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (49%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clearwater: the figures worth knowing
Income, poverty and work: Clearwater’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clearwater is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #31 of 151 in Kansas. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($83,879, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clearwater could be anywhere from B to A.
The places Clearwater commutes to
Where Clearwater clocks in
49% of workers
3% 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 Clearwater by day
On a workday 1,135 residents head out to work, 123 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Clearwater on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.54 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.
The kinds of work in Clearwater
676 jobs are based in Clearwater.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clearwater, 2013 → 2023: 621 → 676. 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 Clearwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clearwater workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,204 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far Clearwater 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.
In Clearwater, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clearwater is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #96 of 151 in Kansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of 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 1,305 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). 3.1% of Clearwater households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clearwater’s commuters take a bus or train.
645th of 4,703: where Clearwater ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Minneha Township KS | 3,472 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 643 | Zellwood FL | 3,228 | $70K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 2% | A− |
| 644 | Four Bridges OH | 3,417 | $122K | 7.1% | 4.2% | 1% | A− |
| 645 | Clearwater KS | 2,792 | $84K | 5.5% | 1.8% | 10% | A− |
| 646 | Richfield OH | 3,720 | $83K | 4.4% | 3.8% | 7% | A− |
| 647 | Lodi WI | 3,190 | $118K | 5.1% | 3.9% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Clearwater, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
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 Clearwater: questions
What is the median household income in Clearwater?
$83,879 (±$10,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clearwater?
5.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clearwater?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clearwater work?
10% work in town.
Is Clearwater walkable?
Clearwater is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clearwater without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clearwater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clearwater
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.