Look past the headlines and the numbers start talking. The Census puts the workers commuting an hour or more in Claytown at 2.9%.
That is 40% below the Wayne County figure of 4.9%. Against Metro Detroit as a whole, 6.2%, it is 53% below.
Where Claytown stands
Among 128 Detroit neighborhoods, Claytown has the 98th highest figure, above 24% of them. The middle figure in that group is 5.7%, so Claytown sits below the typical one.
The range runs from 0.3% in Woodbridge to 26.6% in Seven Mile-Rouge. The highest figures in the group belong to Seven Mile-Rouge (26.6%), Littlefield Community (26.4%), and Petoskey-Otsego (19.8%).
Next door
Midwest nearby comes in at 9.0%, 208% higher. Chadsey Condon nearby comes in at 6.8%, 133% higher.
Springwells nearby comes in at 7.5%, 157% higher. Central Southwest nearby comes in at 6.0%, 103% higher.
Related numbers
For average commute to work, Claytown comes in at 22.2 minutes. For workers who ride transit, Claytown comes in at 0.5%.
For workers who walk or bike, Claytown comes in at 3.0%.
What it means for you
So what does that mean for you?
An hour each way is ten hours a week, the kind of number that decides where a family lands.
How we read the numbers
The figure is the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Ranks compare Claytown with the 128 Detroit neighborhoods that have the same figure on file, highest first.
A neighborhood's figures combine the Census tracts whose center falls inside its boundary.
Next door, compared
-
Claytown 2.9%
This page
-
Midwest 9.0%
District 6
-
Chadsey Condon 6.8%
District 6
-
Springwells 7.5%
District 6
-
Central Southwest 6.0%
District 6
-
Core City 5.9%
District 6
Sources
Editor In Chief, Detroit Ledger
Victoria Jackson is a lifelong student and sharp-eyed documentarian of all things Detroit, from its rich musical roots and cultural icons to its shifting neighborhoods, storied architecture, and underground legends.