Work & commute · Clay

Work & commute in Clay, MO

Most working residents leave Clay for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Kennett (14%), Blytheville (8%) and Hornersville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

56 of 492 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 436 Clay residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clay.

436live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clay goes to work

Kennett11.6 mi away

14%71

Blytheville, AR13 mi away

8%37

Clay (in town)right here

7%34

Hornersville3.7 mi away

4%22

Paragould, AR25 mi away

4%19

Senath6.9 mi away

3%17

Sikeston62 mi away

3%13

Gosnell, AR9.1 mi away

2%10

Jonesboro, AR38.6 mi away

2%9

Caruthersville23.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%252

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.

25%

37%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clay is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clay are

218 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

218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Clay residents hold

492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−8%

Jobs based in Clay, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 218. 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.