Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Clarktown commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. Clarktown has 47 jobs, and 339 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Clarktown itself; outside it, Portsmouth draws the most (22%, 7 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 Clarktown
Clarktown is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Clarktown, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clarktown has about 510 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Clarktown and Portsmouth trade workers both ways
Portsmouth is the top workplace for Clarktown residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Clarktown come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 339 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Clarktown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 337 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Clarktown 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.
The towns that employ Clarktown’s residents
Where Clarktown clocks in
22% of workers
6% 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.
What Clarktown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarktown, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 47. 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 Clarktown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Clarktown’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarktown workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 237 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far Clarktown goes to work
About 26% 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.
Next door to Clarktown
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarktown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarktown | – | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 27 min | $51,967 |
| Madison Township | under 3% | B− | D | 31 min | $99,032 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarktown’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 Clarktown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Clarktown?
20.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarktown?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarktown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (22%, 7 mi), Scioto Township (6%, 11 mi), Valley Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clarktown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarktown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarktown
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.