Household incomes in Clancy are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Clancy B+; getting around on foot earns it D. 4.8% of residents are in poverty, against 11.5% across Montana. Only 3% work in Clancy itself; outside it, Helena draws the most (48%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Clancy
Clancy’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Clancy is better than 66% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Clancy’s grade up ($125,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Clancy’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, Clancy could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where Clancy’s working residents head each day
Where Clancy clocks in
48% 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.
How a workday changes Clancy
On a workday 792 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Clancy on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.46 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.
What the 379 jobs in Clancy are
379 jobs are based in Clancy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clancy, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 379. 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 Clancy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, longer than most of Montana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clancy workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 804 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% 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 Clancy’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
Getting around Clancy: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clancy is more walkable than 15% 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 6.3% across Montana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 902 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). 2.5% of Clancy households have no vehicle (Montana 4.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clancy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clancy next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500: 1,358th of 5,656 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 518 | King Arthur Park MT | 1,992 | $109K | 7.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 609 | Manhattan MT | 2,073 | $88K | 2.9% | 0.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 843 | Big Sky MT | 2,445 | $139K | 4.7% | 1.4% | 68% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,356 | Fitzwilliam NH | 2,500 | $101K | 9.2% | 1.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,357 | Elk Creek Township PA | 1,830 | $86K | 3.9% | 7.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,358 | Clancy MT | 1,874 | $125K | 4.8% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,359 | Haverhill FL | 2,314 | $80K | 8.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,360 | Clay Township IN | 1,661 | $92K | 5.3% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Clancy, the top three, the last and three more from Montana.
The towns around Clancy
The biggest share goes to Montana City (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clancy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clancy | – | B+ | D | 22 min | $125,000 |
| Montana City | 7% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $129,755 |
| Jefferson City | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jefferson City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clancy’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 Clancy: questions
What is the median household income in Clancy?
$125,000 (±$32,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clancy?
4.8%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clancy?
22 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clancy work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Helena (48%, 10 mi), Montana City (7%, 6 mi), Bozeman (4%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clancy walkable?
Clancy is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clancy 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 Clancy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clancy
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.