Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClay Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
113 jobs are based in Clay Township, against 502 working residents. Jobs and income earn Clay Township B; getting around on foot earns it B−. Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clay Township and work: the main findings
Clay Township is a place people come home to
There are 113 jobs based in Clay Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clay Township has about 1,100 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Clay Township’s 21-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 30 to 38 minutes. Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Clay Township
26% of Clay Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 502 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Clay Township
On income, poverty and job access, Clay Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clay Township’s grade up (0.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Clay Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clay Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Clay Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 493 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Clay Township’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 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 470 commuters (the 26% 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.
18% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Clay Township clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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, not services: 44% of the jobs in Clay Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 113. 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Clay Township
About 18% 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.
In Clay Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 16.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 633 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). 2.1% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Clay Township is 1,348th among 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,346 | Cedar Point NC | 1,825 | $99K | 5.4% | 2.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,347 | Tuscola Township MI | 1,921 | $73K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,348 | Clay Township OH | 1,518 | $69K | 0.5% | 2.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,349 | Buckhart Township IL | 1,730 | $98K | 7.8% | 4.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,350 | Augusta Township OH | 1,470 | $84K | 6.9% | 6.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | 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.
Next door to Clay Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | B | B− | 21 min | $69,091 |
| Morgan Township | under 2% | — | D− | 31 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 30 min | $72,639 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Eden Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 38 min | $109,010 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 33 min | $82,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison 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?
$69,091 (±$10,793) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
0.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (18%, 11 mi), Newark (9%, 15 mi), Columbus (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay 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 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.