Work & commute · Clay

Work & commute in Clay, PA

Most working residents leave Clay for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ephrata (5%), Manheim (5%) and Ephrata (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

235 of 2,969 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,734 Clay residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 1,720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clay.

2,734live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

1,720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clay goes to work

Clay (in town)right here

8%235

Ephrata4.9 mi away

5%162

Manheim10.4 mi away

5%160

Ephrata7.5 mi away

5%146

East Cocalico7.1 mi away

5%142

Lancaster13.7 mi away

4%122

Warwick5.9 mi away

3%89

Upper Leacock11 mi away

3%77

Lititz6.6 mi away

3%76

Earl11.4 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,691

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.

45%

34%

11%

10%

45%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clay is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clay are

1,955 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

1,955 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Clay residents hold

2,969 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+40%

Jobs based in Clay, 2013 → 2023: 1,396 → 1,955. 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.