Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Clay Township trail those of 89% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. 12.5% of residents live below the poverty line; Ohio has 13.3%. Clay Township grades D for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Clay Township apart
Clay Township is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Clay Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clay Township has about 1,100 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Clay Township and Green Township trade workers both ways
Green Township is the top workplace for Clay Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Clay Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Clay Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 691 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Clay Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Clay Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clay Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.2%) is left out: Clay Township’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, Clay Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
A workday in Clay Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 690 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.06 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.
16% of working residents work in Green Township
Where Clay Township clocks in
16% of workers
11% 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.
About 29 minutes to work from Clay Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clay Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 596 commuters (the 1% 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.
Goods, not services: 67% of the jobs in Clay Township
39 jobs are based in Clay Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 39. 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 Clay Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Clay Township, by distance
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.
For most of Clay Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Clay Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 605 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). 0.0% of Clay Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Clay Township ranks 4,946th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,944 | Persia NY | 2,138 | $54K | 21.9% | 2.5% | 12% | D |
| 4,945 | Hinsdale NY | 2,097 | $56K | 18.2% | 2.7% | 1% | D |
| 4,946 | Clay Township OH | 1,737 | $49K | 12.5% | 8.2% | <1% | D |
| 4,947 | South Mahoning Township PA | 1,798 | $62K | 22.1% | 12.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,948 | Fairmead CA | 1,229 | $47K | 32.4% | 12.8% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Clay Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 18% of Clay Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Green Township (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | D | D− | 29 min | $48,750 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Green Township | 16% | C− | D | 23 min | $60,089 |
| Ohio Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Gallipolis Township | 2% | C | A− | 18 min | $50,932 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township and Ohio Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clay 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 Clay Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clay Township?
$48,750 (±$20,310) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
12.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Township (16%, 8 mi), Gallipolis (11%, 8 mi), Huntington (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay Township 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 Clay Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clay 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.