Gragg Field Historic District · Photo: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Services Agency · Public domainClanton has lower household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
18.1% of residents are in poverty, where Alabama as a whole has 15.6%. Clanton grades D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in four stay in Clanton for work; outside it, Montgomery is the main destination (10%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clanton at work: what stands out
Clanton draws workers from far and wide
The 5,838 jobs in Clanton are filled from a wide area. Clanton’s own residents hold 15% and the ten next-biggest home towns 14%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Clanton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clanton is Montgomery, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (354) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Clanton is where the jobs are
Clanton has 5,838 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Clanton’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clanton is better than 12% of U.S. towns, #151 of 187 in Alabama. Job access by car holds Clanton’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($47,520, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clanton could be anywhere from D to B−.
The towns that send workers to Clanton
Where Clanton clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far it is to work from Clanton
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In and out of Clanton on a workday
On a workday 2,836 residents head out to work, 871 work right here, and 4,967 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Clanton on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What work there is in Clanton: 5,838 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clanton, 2013 → 2023: 5,609 → 5,838. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Clanton: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clanton workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,092 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
For most of Clanton, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clanton is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #14 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Clanton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,203 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.1% of Clanton households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clanton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clanton and other U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Meadowbrook AL | 9,117 | $142K | 5.5% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 299 | Pike Road AL | 11,899 | $117K | 5.1% | 0.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 398 | Brook Highland AL | 8,146 | $80K | 4.6% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,611 | Aurora MO | 7,686 | $50K | 18.1% | 7.1% | 16% | D |
| 2,612 | Sequim WA | 8,215 | $60K | 12.9% | 9.7% | 22% | D |
| 2,613 | Clanton AL | 9,289 | $48K | 18.1% | 7.1% | 23% | D |
| 2,614 | Kennett MO | 10,118 | $53K | 19.1% | 5.4% | 38% | D |
| 2,615 | Baker City OR | 10,071 | $62K | 14.0% | 7.2% | 53% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,841 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Clanton, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Clanton: questions
What is the median household income in Clanton?
$47,520 (±$7,063) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clanton?
18.1%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clanton?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clanton work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (10%, 40 mi), Birmingham (8%, 48 mi), Alabaster (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clanton walkable?
Clanton is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clanton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clanton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.