Work & commute · Clay

Work & commute in Clay, IN

About one in 4 of Clay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Carmel (23%), Center (19%) and Washington (11%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

10,845 of 48,010 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,165 Clay residents head out of town to work, 10,845 work right here, and 64,893 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clay.

37,165live here, work elsewhere

10,845live and work here

64,893work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clay goes to work

Carmel0 mi away

23%10,838

Center13.1 mi away

19%9,094

Washington6.2 mi away

11%5,180

Pike8.8 mi away

7%3,180

Lawrence9.8 mi away

4%1,858

Fishers9.5 mi away

3%1,675

Wayne14.7 mi away

3%1,305

Westfield4.9 mi away

2%1,200

Noblesville9 mi away

2%1,128

Warren14.9 mi away

2%1,090

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%11,462

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

How far

How far Clay commutes

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

51%

35%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clay is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clay are

75,738 jobs are based in Clay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clay

75,738 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Clay residents hold

48,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+35%

Jobs based in Clay, 2013 → 2023: 56,072 → 75,738. 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.