Mrs. Sam Houston House · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Clay at work: jobs, income and the commute
Clay has 76 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas. Hardly any work in Clay; the top destination outside it is Houston (21%, 71 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Clay
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24 people are in Clay on a workday afternoon, 76% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Clay commutes to
Where Clay clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
Working from home in Clay
of Clay workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Clay’s workers travel
About 54% 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.
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: questions
What is the poverty rate in Clay?
19.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Clay work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (21%, 71 mi), Bryan (14%, 19 mi), College Station (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clay
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.