Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClay Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Clay Township has 446 jobs, against 1,124 working residents. Jobs and income earn Clay Township B; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 7% work in Clay Township; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (11%, 38 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clay Township and work: the main findings
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. The poverty rate holds Clay Township’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income 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−.
Near or far: the trip to work from Clay Township
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.
The daily commute in and out of Clay Township
On a workday 1,044 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Clay Township goes to work
Where Clay Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Clay Township: what the 446 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clay Township, 2013 → 2023: 349 → 446. 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 long Clay Township spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clay Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,141 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Few in Clay Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clay Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,247 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). 3.4% of Clay Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Clay Township is 2,006th among 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,004 | Dayton Township MI | 2,035 | $82K | 11.5% | 1.1% | 2% | B |
| 2,005 | Harrison Township OH | 2,053 | $69K | 5.0% | 5.3% | 5% | B |
| 2,006 | Clay Township PA | 2,473 | $84K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 7% | B |
| 2,007 | Oakboro NC | 2,316 | $69K | 5.5% | 4.0% | 5% | B |
| 2,008 | Three Way TN | 1,933 | $88K | 6.4% | 7.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pennsylvania.
The towns around Clay Township
The biggest share goes to Cherry Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | – | B | C+ | 30 min | $83,661 |
| Brady Township | under 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $78,977 |
| Center Township | 4% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $90,946 |
| Cherry Township | 5% | C | C | 31 min | $73,393 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 33 min | $65,402 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B | C | 24 min | $77,593 |
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?
$83,661 (±$12,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clay Township?
7.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clay Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clay Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (11%, 38 mi), Butler Township (9%, 10 mi), Butler (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clay Township walkable?
Clay Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 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 3% 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.