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Work & commute · Clay

Work & commute in Clay, OH

Most working residents leave Clay for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (19%), Perrysburg (7%) and Genoa (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
196 of 2,083 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,887 Clay residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 980 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clay.

1,887live here, work elsewhere
196live and work here
980work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Clay goes to work

MillburyWoodvilleOak HarborGenoaNorthwoodMaumeeBowling GreenPerrysburgOregonToledoHarrisWoodvilleClayBentonPerrysburgLakeAllenCurticeToledoPerrysburgGenoaOregonLakePerrysburgBowling GreenNorthwoodMaumeeClay
1
Toledo15 mi away
19%387
2
Perrysburg11.6 mi away
7%138
3
Genoa0.8 mi away
5%99
4
Clay (in town)right here
5%97
5
Oregon9.8 mi away
4%83
6
Lake6 mi away
4%74
7
Perrysburg14.9 mi away
3%65
8
Bowling Green18.4 mi away
3%55
9
Northwood8.7 mi away
3%53
10
Maumee16.6 mi away
2%47
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%985

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.

28%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Clay is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clay are

1,176 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

1,176 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Clay residents hold

2,083 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−21%

Jobs based in Clay, 2013 → 2023: 1,484 → 1,176. 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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