Work & commute · Clayton

Work & commute in Clayton, MI

Most working residents leave Clayton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (12%), Flint (9%) and Grand Blanc (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 2,979 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,926 Clayton residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 449 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clayton.

2,926live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

449work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clayton goes to work

Flint9.1 mi away

12%367

Flint5.3 mi away

9%272

Grand Blanc13.5 mi away

4%114

Mundy8.8 mi away

3%91

Burton12.7 mi away

3%79

Lansing40.3 mi away

3%79

Swartz Creek3.9 mi away

2%66

Warren55.6 mi away

2%62

Mount Morris8.2 mi away

2%58

Auburn Hills39.1 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,735

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.

33%

18%

31%

18%

33%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clayton is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clayton are

502 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

502 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Clayton residents hold

2,979 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−51%

Jobs based in Clayton, 2011 → 2021: 1,026 → 502. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.