Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClear Creek Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 160 jobs in Clear Creek Township for 907 working residents. For jobs and income Clear Creek Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 2% work in Clear Creek Township; the top destination outside it is Ashland (25%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Clear Creek Township apart
Clear Creek Township is a place people come home to
There are 160 jobs based in Clear Creek Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clear Creek Township has about 1,500 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Clear Creek Township and Ashland trade workers both ways
Ashland is the top workplace for Clear Creek Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Clear Creek Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Clear Creek Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (21 to 23 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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; with 907 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Clear Creek Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Clear Creek Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clear Creek Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Clear Creek Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 893 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Clear Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Clear Creek Township goes to work
Where Clear Creek Township clocks in
25% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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 daily trip from Clear Creek Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clear Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 926 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.
Clear Creek Township works in goods: 30% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clear Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 286 → 160. 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 Clear Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Clear Creek Township’s workers travel
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Clear Creek Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 996 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). 3.1% of Clear Creek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clear Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clear Creek Township places 2,421st of 5,328 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
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| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,419 | Nobleboro ME | 1,909 | $100K | 10.4% | 4.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,420 | Cuba NY | 3,065 | $76K | 12.2% | 2.4% | 22% | B− |
| 2,421 | Clear Creek Township OH | 2,276 | $74K | 4.8% | 5.5% | 2% | B− |
| 2,422 | Bellevue IL | 1,888 | $61K | 11.6% | 6.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,423 | Banks OR | 1,821 | $86K | 9.3% | 8.2% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Clear Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Clear Creek Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clear Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Township | – | B− | C− | 28 min | $73,814 |
| Orange Township | 2% | C | D− | 22 min | $91,130 |
| Ruggles Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Milton Township | under 2% | B− | C | 21 min | $73,295 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | D | B− | 23 min | $59,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ruggles Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Orange Township. Darker towns draw more of Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clear Creek Township?
$73,814 (±$16,694) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clear Creek Township?
4.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clear Creek Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clear Creek Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (25%, 6 mi), Mansfield (6%, 15 mi), Columbus (3%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clear Creek Township walkable?
Clear Creek Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clear Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clear Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clear Creek 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.