With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Clarence Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Clarence Township are C for jobs and income and D for walkability. There are 101 jobs in Clarence Township; 613 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Clarence Township; the top destination outside it is Marshall (13%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clarence Township and work: the main findings
Clarence Township is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Clarence Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clarence Township has about 1,400 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Clarence Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 613 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Clarence Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Clarence Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Clarence Township’s grade.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Clarence Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clarence Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
In and out of Clarence Township on a workday
On a workday 599 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Clarence Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2021, primary jobs.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarence Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 810 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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 places Clarence Township commutes to
Where Clarence Township clocks in
11% 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.
Goods jobs make up 39% of work in Clarence Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarence Township, 2011 → 2021: 51 → 101. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Clarence Township, by distance
About 22% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Clarence Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clarence Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 869 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). 1.5% of Clarence Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clarence Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clarence Township is 3,555th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 148 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,553 | Orleans IN | 2,073 | $65K | 13.9% | 3.6% | 10% | C |
| 3,554 | Palmyra ME | 2,077 | $61K | 9.1% | 1.5% | 1% | C |
| 3,555 | Clarence Township MI | 1,897 | $67K | 12.9% | 2.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,556 | Masonville Township MI | 1,625 | $79K | 9.4% | 6.4% | 6% | C |
| 3,557 | Wills Township OH | 1,519 | $65K | 8.4% | 11.6% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | 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 Clarence Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Clarence Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Township | – | C | D | 29 min | $66,955 |
| Lee Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 31 min | $84,722 |
| Sheridan Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 25 min | $60,458 |
| Brookfield Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 30 min | $87,083 |
| Springport Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 28 min | $57,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarence 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 2021, 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 Clarence Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clarence Township?
$66,955 (±$8,347) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarence Township?
12.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarence Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarence Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (13%, 12 mi), Battle Creek (11%, 24 mi), Albion (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Clarence Township walkable?
Clarence Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clarence Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarence Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.