Photo: Mike Sharp - User: (WT-shared) 2old at wts wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0Hardly anyone in Clark Township is out of work
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. Clark Township grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten stay in Clark Township for work; outside it, Walnut Creek Township is the main destination (14%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Clark Township apart
Clark Township trades workers with the towns around it
Clark Township has about as many jobs (1,547) as working residents (1,714), but they are mostly different people: 1,543 residents leave for work each day while 1,376 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Clark Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A young workforce
40% of Clark Township’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Clark Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clark Township went from 887 in 2013 to 1,547 in 2023, +74%. The jobs ↓
Clark Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Clark Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clark Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 48%. The jobs ↓
Most Clark 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Clark Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clark Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #305 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Clark Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clark Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
Clark Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,543 residents head out to work, 171 work right here, and 1,376 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Clark Township, 51% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,547 jobs are based in Clark Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clark Township, 2013 → 2023: 887 → 1,547. 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 Clark Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Clark Township
About 21% 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.
Where people from Clark Township work
Where Clark Township clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
The trip to work from Clark Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clark Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,663 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Few in Clark Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clark Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #202 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 52.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,885 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). 74.6% of Clark Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clark Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clark Township next to U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900: 937th of 3,908 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 57 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 65 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 86 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 935 | Danby NY | 3,268 | $100K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| 936 | Alexandria Township MN | 3,114 | $94K | 6.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| 937 | Clark Township OH | 4,404 | $71K | 3.6% | 0.0% | 10% | A− |
| 938 | Manheim Township PA | 3,555 | $115K | 9.9% | 1.8% | 3% | A− |
| 939 | Lower Chanceford Township PA | 3,117 | $106K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
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| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Clark Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Clark Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clark Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Township | – | A− | B+ | 23 min | $71,346 |
| Crawford Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 25 min | $79,868 |
| Walnut Creek Township | 14% | B | B+ | 17 min | $100,720 |
| Mechanic Township | 3% | B | B+ | 23 min | $90,613 |
| Bucks Township | under 3% | B | B | 18 min | $72,902 |
| Baltic | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Auburn Township | under 3% | C | B+ | 18 min | $76,992 |
| Sugar Creek Township | under 3% | A− | A− | 18 min | $80,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Baltic: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Walnut Creek Township. Darker towns draw more of Clark 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 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 Clark Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clark Township?
$71,346 (±$8,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clark Township?
3.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clark Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clark Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Walnut Creek Township (14%, 5 mi), Berlin (12%, 6 mi), Berlin Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clark Township walkable?
Clark Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 52% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clark Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 75% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clark Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clark Township
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.