Clayton Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
3 jobs are based in Clayton Township, and 31 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Clayton Township itself; outside it, Freeman draws the most (23%, 15 miles). For 100% of workers, the job is at home, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clayton Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37 people are in Clayton Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 Clayton Township goes to work
Where Clayton Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Clayton Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Clayton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Clayton Township
of Clayton Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Clayton Township commutes
About 16% 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.
Around Clayton Township: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clayton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Township | – | — | — | — | $61,771 |
| Wittenberg Township | under 4% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Tschetter Colony | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Foster Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Wolf Creek Township | under 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wittenberg Township, Tschetter Colony, Foster Township, Pleasant Township and Wolf Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clayton 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 Clayton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clayton Township?
$61,771 (±$19,805) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clayton Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Clayton Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Freeman (23%, 15 mi), Menno (16%, 15 mi), Sioux Falls (13%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clayton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clayton 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.