Photo: Georgie lennon8705 · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Clearfield (8.3%) is higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Clearfield is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (A−). Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns. About one in seven work in Clearfield; the top destination outside it is Lawrence Township (20%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clearfield: the figures worth knowing
Clearfield trades workers with the towns around it
Clearfield has about as many jobs (2,058) as working residents (2,396), but they are mostly different people: 2,000 residents leave for work each day while 1,662 people come in. Only 19% of the jobs in Clearfield are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Clearfield and Lawrence Township trade workers both ways
Lawrence Township is the top workplace for Clearfield residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Clearfield come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Clearfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. 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.
Inside Clearfield’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Clearfield’s grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clearfield could be anywhere from D to C+.
How a workday changes Clearfield
On a workday 2,000 residents head out to work, 396 work right here, and 1,662 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Clearfield to work: where people go
Where Clearfield clocks in
4% 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.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Clearfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clearfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,636 commuters (the 10% 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.
Jobs in Clearfield: what the 2,058 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clearfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,575 → 2,058. 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 Clearfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Clearfield commutes
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.
Clearfield is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,916 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). 9.2% of Clearfield households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clearfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Clearfield sits among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 61 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 3,223 | St. Clair MO | 4,813 | $42K | 15.1% | 9.8% | 15% | D |
| 3,224 | Ayden NC | 5,263 | $42K | 22.4% | 6.7% | 5% | D |
| 3,225 | Clearfield PA | 5,753 | $55K | 20.1% | 8.3% | 17% | D |
| 3,226 | Cutler CA | 4,361 | $59K | 24.9% | 11.5% | 6% | D |
| 3,227 | Joshua Tree CA | 6,234 | $66K | 22.6% | 5.6% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Clearfield
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clearfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearfield | – | D | A− | 19 min | $54,646 |
| Plymptonville | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Plymptonville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clearfield’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 Clearfield: questions
What is the median household income in Clearfield?
$54,646 (±$3,668) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clearfield?
20.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clearfield?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clearfield work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence Township (20%, 4 mi), DuBois (4%, 18 mi), Bradford Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clearfield walkable?
Clearfield is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clearfield without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clearfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clearfield
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.