Work & commute · Clay

Work & commute in Clay, OH

Most working residents leave Clay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wapakoneta (14%), St. Marys (8%) and Lima (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 362 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 362 Clay residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clay.

362live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clay goes to work

Wapakoneta7.3 mi away

14%52

St. Marys17.5 mi away

8%30

Lima15 mi away

6%21

New Bremen17.8 mi away

5%19

New Knoxville13.6 mi away

4%15

Sidney17.3 mi away

4%15

Celina26.4 mi away

4%14

Columbus67.9 mi away

4%13

Botkins8.1 mi away

2%8

Jackson Center6.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%167

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.

22%

46%

11%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clay is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clay are

7 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

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Clay residents hold

362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−61%

Jobs based in Clay, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 7. 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.