Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHenry Clay Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Henry Clay Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B). 380 jobs are based in Henry Clay Township, and 739 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Henry Clay Township
Inside Henry Clay Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Henry Clay Township’s grade up ($78,056, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.0%) is left out: Henry Clay 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, Henry Clay Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Henry Clay Township’s commute takes 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 Henry Clay Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 829 commuters (the 3% 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 daily commute in and out of Henry Clay Township
On a workday 672 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 313 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Henry Clay Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
11% of working residents work in Wharton Township
Where Henry Clay Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
What Henry Clay Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henry Clay Township, 2014 → 2024: 501 → 380. 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 Henry Clay Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Henry Clay Township
About 23% 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.
Most of Henry Clay Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 859 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). 1.7% of Henry Clay Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henry Clay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Henry Clay Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 3,805th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,803 | Exeter-Fairmont Consolidated Township NE | 1,253 | $73K | 11.8% | 1.3% | 15% | C− |
| 3,804 | Dansville NY | 1,816 | $69K | 11.4% | 3.5% | 3% | C− |
| 3,805 | Henry Clay Township PA | 1,681 | $78K | 13.6% | 8.0% | 9% | C− |
| 3,806 | Newfane VT | 1,636 | $67K | 10.9% | 4.4% | 7% | C− |
| 3,807 | Tennessee Ridge TN | 1,341 | $74K | 12.2% | 4.0% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Henry Clay Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Henry Clay Township and its neighbors: 17% work next door
The biggest share goes to Wharton Township (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henry Clay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Clay Township | – | C− | B | 28 min | $78,056 |
| Addison Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Lower Turkeyfoot Township | under 2% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Wharton Township | 11% | C+ | B | 21 min | $71,667 |
| Confluence | under 2% | — | — | 48 min | — |
| Stewart Township | 6% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Addison Township: not graded. Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Confluence and Stewart Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Henry 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 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 Henry Clay Township: questions
What is the median household income in Henry Clay Township?
$78,056 (±$27,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henry Clay Township?
13.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henry Clay Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henry Clay Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wharton Township (11%, 9 mi), North Union Township (6%, 16 mi), Stewart Township (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Henry Clay Township walkable?
Henry Clay Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henry Clay 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 Henry Clay Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henry Clay 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.