Photo: Nyttend · Public domainClearfield Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Clearfield Township; the top destination outside it is Altoona (10%, 11 miles). 95 jobs are based in Clearfield Township for 586 working residents. The two grades for Clearfield Township are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Clearfield Township apart on work
Jobs & income in Clearfield Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Clearfield Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clearfield Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Clearfield Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clearfield Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Clearfield Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 582 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Clearfield Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Out of Clearfield Township to work: where people go
Where Clearfield Township clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Clearfield Township makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clearfield Township, 2014 → 2024: 61 → 95. 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 Clearfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Clearfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clearfield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 663 commuters (the 12% 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.
The distance from Clearfield Township to work
About 25% 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.
In Clearfield Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clearfield Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Clearfield 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 756 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). 1.5% of Clearfield Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clearfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Clearfield Township ranks 1,127th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,125 | Cokato Township MN | 1,406 | $87K | 3.0% | 3.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,126 | Litchfield NY | 1,428 | $88K | 5.5% | 4.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,127 | Clearfield Township PA | 1,569 | $88K | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,128 | Meyers CA | 1,995 | $96K | 5.5% | 1.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,129 | Indio Hills CA | 1,117 | $92K | 0.1% | 23.1% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Clearfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Clearfield Township
The biggest share goes to Patton (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clearfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearfield Township | – | B+ | D | 28 min | $87,813 |
| Dean Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| East Carroll Township | under 3% | B | D | 30 min | $81,250 |
| Allegheny Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 24 min | $90,809 |
| Patton | 4% | D | A | 32 min | $47,875 |
| Ashville | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Chest Springs | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| White Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dean Township, Ashville, Chest Springs and White Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clearfield 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 Clearfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clearfield Township?
$87,813 (±$20,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clearfield Township?
2.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clearfield Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clearfield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (10%, 11 mi), Northern Cambria (5%, 11 mi), Cambria Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clearfield Township walkable?
Clearfield Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clearfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clearfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clearfield 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.