Clearfield has lower unemployment (2.8%) than 73% of U.S. towns
The average commute, 22 minutes each way, matches the Utah norm. Jobs and income earn Clearfield B; getting around on foot earns it A−. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 14.8 in Salt Lake City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clearfield and work: the main findings
Clearfield trades workers with the towns around it
Clearfield has about as many jobs (16,410) as working residents (13,896), but they are mostly different people: 12,585 residents leave for work each day while 15,099 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Clearfield are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Clearfield makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Clearfield are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clearfield residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Clearfield’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clearfield is Salt Lake City, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (1,878) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A young workforce
31% of Clearfield’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
Clearfield’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clearfield is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #84 of 119 in Utah. Job access by car holds Clearfield’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clearfield could be anywhere from B− to A−.
How a workday changes Clearfield
On a workday 12,585 residents head out to work, 1,311 work right here, and 15,099 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 (1.18 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.
Factories, building and farms: 53% of the jobs in Clearfield
16,410 jobs are based in Clearfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clearfield, 2013 → 2023: 13,674 → 16,410. 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 far Clearfield’s workers travel
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.
14% of working residents work in Salt Lake City
Where Clearfield clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
12% 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.
Getting to work from Clearfield takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clearfield workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,231 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Clearfield, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clearfield is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #29 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,380 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 68% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.3% of Clearfield households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Clearfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clearfield next to U.S. towns of 25,000 to 47,000: 679th of 1,194 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Holladay UT | 31,162 | $117K | 4.1% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Syracuse UT | 39,909 | $133K | 4.8% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Kaysville UT | 33,307 | $133K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 677 | Tarpon Springs FL | 25,602 | $80K | 10.0% | 4.1% | 10% | B |
| 678 | Glendale Heights IL | 32,655 | $87K | 10.3% | 6.0% | 5% | B |
| 679 | Clearfield UT | 35,144 | $75K | 12.7% | 2.8% | 9% | B |
| 680 | Security-Widefield CO | 37,345 | $91K | 7.3% | 5.3% | 5% | B |
| 681 | Norton Shores MI | 25,088 | $77K | 6.5% | 4.8% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,194 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Utah.
Clearfield and its neighbors: 14% work next door
The biggest share goes to Layton (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clearfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearfield | – | B | A− | 22 min | $75,495 |
| Layton | 12% | A− | A− | 23 min | $102,480 |
| Syracuse | 2% | A+ | B+ | 29 min | $133,443 |
| Clinton | under 3% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $116,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$75,495 (±$6,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clearfield?
12.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clearfield?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clearfield work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (14%, 23 mi), Ogden (12%, 9 mi), Layton (12%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clearfield walkable?
Clearfield is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clearfield without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.