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Jobs & commute in Clay Township

Clay Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. There are 7 jobs in Clay Township, and 362 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Clay Township itself; outside it, Wapakoneta draws the most (14%, 7 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The work figures that set Clay Township apart

Clay Township is a place people come home to

There are 7 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 420 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Few Clay Township workers work from home

Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 362 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Who works in Clay Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 362 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

362live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night780
Workday420
780live here− 360head out to work+ 7come in to work= 420on a workday

About 420 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

Time on the road

Commuting from Clay Township: about 19 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
147 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Clay Township19 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Clay Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Clay Township gets to work
92%Drive alone
6%Carpool
2%Other

Share of the 407 commuters (the 3% 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.

The commute map

Where people from Clay Township work

New Knoxville: 15 residents work here (4%)GratisBotkins: 8 residents work here (2%)CovingtonJackson Center: 8 residents work here (2%)New Bremen: 19 residents work here (5%)St. Marys: 30 residents work here (8%)Celina: 14 residents work here (4%)Wapakoneta: 52 residents work here (14%)Sidney: 15 residents work here (4%)Lima: 21 residents work here (6%)Columbus: 13 residents work here (4%)St. Marys TownshipJackson TownshipWashington TownshipClay TownshipUnion TownshipGreensburg TownshipStokes TownshipPusheta TownshipWapakonetaSt. MarysLimaNew BremenNew KnoxvilleSidneyClay Township
1
Wapakoneta7.3 mi away
14%52
2
St. Marys17.5 mi away
8%30
3
Lima15 mi away
6%21
4
New Bremen17.8 mi away
5%19
5
New Knoxville13.6 mi away
4%15
6
Sidney17.3 mi away
4%15
7
Celina26.4 mi away
4%14
8
Columbus67.9 mi away
4%13
9
Botkins8.1 mi away
2%8
10
Jackson Center6.5 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%167
The top trips

Where Clay Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Factories, building and farms: 71% of the jobs in Clay Township

Jobs based in Clay TownshipJobs Clay Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms71%35%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices29%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less29%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%23%
Over $3,333 a month29%61%

Who does it

29 or younger14%21%
30 to 5457%55%
55 and older29%24%
−61%

Jobs based in Clay Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 7. 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.

How far

The distance from Clay Township to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWapakoneta: 14% · 7.3 miSt. Marys: 8% · 17.5 miLima: 6% · 15 miNew Bremen: 5% · 17.8 miNew Knoxville: 4% · 13.6 miSidney: 4% · 17.3 miCelina: 4% · 26.4 miColumbus: 4% · 67.9 miBotkins: 2% · 8.1 miJackson Center: 2% · 6.5 miWapakoneta 14%St. Marys 8%Lima 6%New Bremen 5%Clay Township
Clay TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi78 residents
46%10–24 mi167 residents
11%25–50 mi40 residents
21%Over 50 mi77 residents

About 21% 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

Work in the towns next to Clay Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Jackson Township18 min
Pusheta Township19 min
Clay Township19 min
Union Township20 min
Stokes Township23 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownClay Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Clay Township–——19 min$136,406
Union Townshipunder 3%BC−20 min$83,649
Pusheta Townshipunder 3%B−D19 min$86,250
Jackson Townshipunder 3%B−D18 min$79,545
Stokes Townshipunder 3%C−C23 min$55,093

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Clay Township: questions

What is the median household income in Clay Township?

$136,406 (±$40,433) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?

1.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Clay Township?

19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Clay Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wapakoneta (14%, 7 mi), St. Marys (8%, 18 mi), Lima (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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.

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Beyond the commute

More of Clay Township

Clay Township home →

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.