Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClay Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in ten work in Clay Township; the top destination outside it is Toledo (19%, 15 miles). There are 1,176 jobs in Clay Township for 2,083 working residents. Clay Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Clay Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clay Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #396 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Clay Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clay Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of Clay Township
On a workday 1,887 residents head out to work, 196 work right here, and 980 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where the trip to work from Clay Township ends
Where Clay Township clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
What Clay Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,484 → 1,176. 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Clay Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 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 2,017 commuters (the 7% 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.
Clay Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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 31% of U.S. towns, #653 of 993 in Ohio. 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 2,159 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). 4.2% 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.
Clay Township is 1,270th of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 55 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 61 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,268 | Troy TX | 3,585 | $86K | 4.0% | 5.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,269 | Elba Township MI | 5,256 | $83K | 2.9% | 4.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,270 | Clay Township OH | 4,690 | $86K | 8.1% | 3.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,271 | Deschutes River Woods OR | 5,797 | $92K | 7.1% | 2.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,272 | Limerick ME | 3,575 | $101K | 6.9% | 1.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | 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 Clay Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Clay Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Lake Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | B+ | C | 25 min | $86,250 |
| Allen Township | under 3% | A | C− | 24 min | $114,677 |
| Millbury | under 3% | B | C | 23 min | $80,833 |
| Lake Township | 4% | B− | C | 23 min | $72,222 |
| Harris Township | under 3% | A− | D | 25 min | $89,471 |
| Woodville Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 25 min | $84,141 |
| Benton Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 23 min | $115,660 |
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 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?
$86,250 (±$16,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
8.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (19%, 15 mi), Perrysburg Township (7%, 12 mi), Genoa (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% 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. 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.