Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClayton Township’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
10.3% of residents are in poverty, against 13.3% across Ohio. Clayton Township grades C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Clayton Township, in brief
Clayton Township is a place people come home to
There are 77 jobs based in Clayton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clayton Township has about 1,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Clayton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Clayton 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 600 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Clayton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Clayton Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clayton Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($44,740, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Clayton 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, Clayton Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
How many people are in Clayton Township by day
On a workday 598 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Clayton Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.13 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.
Clayton Township’s commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clayton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 315 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.
9% of working residents work in New Lexington
Where Clayton Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 51% of jobs based in Clayton Township
77 jobs are based in Clayton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clayton Township, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 77. 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 Clayton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Clayton Township
About 17% 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.
Few in Clayton Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clayton Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Clayton 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 326 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 Clayton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clayton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clayton Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 4,115th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,113 | Salisbury NY | 1,837 | $82K | 18.1% | 2.4% | 1% | C− |
| 4,114 | Colton NY | 1,483 | $69K | 13.3% | 0.9% | 6% | C− |
| 4,115 | Clayton Township OH | 1,566 | $45K | 10.3% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 4,116 | South Centre Township PA | 1,929 | $65K | 19.5% | 7.5% | 8% | C− |
| 4,117 | Washington Township PA | 1,835 | $56K | 9.9% | 1.0% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Clayton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Clayton Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clayton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Township | – | C− | D− | 38 min | $44,740 |
| Pike Township | 3% | C− | B+ | 31 min | $58,843 |
| Reading Township | 2% | C+ | C− | 36 min | $71,875 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 28 min | $48,741 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 35 min | $71,042 |
| Newton Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 26 min | $68,462 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pike Township. Darker towns draw more of Clayton 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 Clayton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clayton Township?
$44,740 (±$39,198) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clayton Township?
10.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clayton Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clayton Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Lexington (9%, 4 mi), Columbus (8%, 44 mi), Lancaster (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clayton Township walkable?
Clayton Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clayton 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 Clayton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clayton 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.