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Work & commute · Clay

Work & commute in Clay, IN

Most working residents leave Clay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Warsaw (32%), Fort Wayne (4%) and Pierceton (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
6 of 693 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 687 Clay residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clay.

687live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
207work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Clay goes to work

Silver LakePiercetonWinona LakeNorth ManchesterNappaneeWabashWarsawGoshenElkhartFort WayneClayMonroePlainSewardWayneLakeFranklinWarsawFort WaynePiercetonNorth ManchesterWayneWinona LakeGoshenNappaneeElkhartFranklinClay
1
Warsaw7.5 mi away
32%221
2
Fort Wayne36.8 mi away
4%28
3
Pierceton8.6 mi away
3%24
4
North Manchester9.9 mi away
3%24
5
Wayne5.7 mi away
3%24
6
Winona Lake5.8 mi away
3%20
7
Goshen30.2 mi away
2%16
8
Nappanee22.7 mi away
2%14
9
Elkhart38.8 mi away
2%13
10
Franklin9.5 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%296

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.

48%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Clay is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clay are

213 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

213 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)84%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)7%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month10%
Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Clay residents hold

693 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)44%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)41%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+40%

Jobs based in Clay, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 213. 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.

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