Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClay Township has higher unemployment (5.4%) than 67% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 24 minutes each way, about the same as across Ohio. Jobs and income earn Clay Township B; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in seven stay in Clay Township for work; outside it, Dayton is the main destination (16%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Clay Township, in brief
Clay Township makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Clay Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clay Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Clay Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Clay Township fell from 3,626 in 2014 to 2,667 in 2024, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Clay Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clay Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #555 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Clay Township’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clay Township could be anywhere from C to A.
47% of the jobs in Clay Township make or build things
2,667 jobs are based in Clay Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2014 → 2024: 3,626 → 2,667. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clay Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Clay Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,247 residents head out to work, 459 work right here, and 2,208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,900 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Clay Township goes to work
Where Clay Township clocks in
16% of workers
10% 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.
The trip to work from Clay Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 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 3,730 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Clay Township commutes less than 15 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Clay Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #328 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,039 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.9% 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.
For jobs and income, Clay Township is 1,549th of 2,907 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 12,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,547 | Stickney IL | 6,897 | $67K | 12.3% | 4.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,548 | Grand Haven MI | 11,038 | $61K | 14.5% | 1.8% | 22% | B |
| 1,549 | Clay Township OH | 8,910 | $76K | 7.8% | 5.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,550 | Soquel CA | 10,679 | $119K | 9.7% | 7.6% | 7% | B |
| 1,551 | Silver Lakes CA | 6,977 | $116K | 4.9% | 5.2% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,907 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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.
The towns around Clay Township
The biggest share goes to Clayton (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | B | B | 24 min | $75,531 |
| Clayton | 4% | A− | B− | 21 min | $92,879 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 27 min | $77,414 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 23 min | $76,364 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 2024, 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?
$75,531 (±$9,741) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
7.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (16%, 14 mi), Brookville (10%, 3 mi), Clayton (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clay Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2024, 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.