Work & commute · Clayton

Work & commute in Clayton, IL

Most working residents leave Clayton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Quincy (25%), Mount Sterling (14%) and Ellington (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 300 Clayton residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clayton.

300live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clayton goes to work

Quincy23.3 mi away

25%75

Mount Sterling10.7 mi away

14%42

Ellington19 mi away

6%18

Camp Point5.6 mi away

5%15

Springfield71.5 mi away

4%12

Camp Point7.7 mi away

3%10

Golden6.4 mi away

3%9

Mound Station4.8 mi away

2%6

Clayton2.1 mi away

2%5

Melrose22.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%107

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Clayton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

18%

48%

10%

24%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clayton is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clayton are

43 jobs are based in Clayton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clayton

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Clayton residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+34%

Jobs based in Clayton, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 43. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.