Photo: ToddC4176 · CC BY-SA 3.0Clarksburg has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
6% of workers work from home (Massachusetts 19%). Employers in Clarksburg report 179 jobs, against 768 working residents. Jobs and income earn Clarksburg B−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clarksburg, in a few figures
A lot of Clarksburg works one town over
41% of working residents work in a town that borders Clarksburg: North Adams (27%) and Williamstown (14%). Next door ↓
Clarksburg is a place people come home to
There are 179 jobs based in Clarksburg, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clarksburg has about 1,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Clarksburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across Massachusetts. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Massachusetts 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 768 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Clarksburg’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Clarksburg is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clarksburg’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Clarksburg’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, Clarksburg could be anywhere from C+ to B.
In and out of Clarksburg on a workday
On a workday 732 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Clarksburg on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Clarksburg’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarksburg workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 735 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
27% of working residents work in North Adams
Where Clarksburg clocks in
27% of workers
15% of workers
14% 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.
Clarksburg works in goods: 42% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarksburg, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 179. 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 Clarksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Clarksburg
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.
In Clarksburg, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clarksburg is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 2.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 779 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 3.9% of Clarksburg households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clarksburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Clarksburg ranks: 2,102nd of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 566 | Whately MA | 1,622 | $117K | 5.4% | 4.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 673 | Otis MA | 1,610 | $109K | 1.2% | 6.2% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 710 | Wales MA | 1,833 | $89K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,100 | Noble Township IN | 1,896 | $92K | 9.8% | 4.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,101 | Bradley ME | 1,581 | $77K | 4.6% | 1.4% | 2% | B− |
| 2,102 | Clarksburg MA | 1,625 | $77K | 4.0% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| 2,103 | Warriors Mark Township PA | 1,851 | $87K | 8.5% | 2.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,104 | Franklin Township PA | 1,766 | $86K | 12.1% | 7.2% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Clarksburg, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
The towns next door employ 41% of Clarksburg
The biggest share goes to North Adams (27%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarksburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksburg | – | B− | D | 24 min | $77,143 |
| North Adams | 27% | D | A | 17 min | $47,500 |
| Williamstown | 14% | B | A | 16 min | $106,650 |
| Florida | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Florida: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarksburg’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 Clarksburg: questions
What is the median household income in Clarksburg?
$77,143 (±$11,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarksburg?
4.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarksburg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarksburg work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Adams (27%, 3 mi), Pittsfield (15%, 20 mi), Williamstown (14%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clarksburg walkable?
Clarksburg is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clarksburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarksburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarksburg
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.