With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Clinton Township works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns. 470 jobs are based in Clinton Township for 838 working residents. Jobs and income earn Clinton Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Clinton Township apart on work
Inside Clinton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clinton Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clinton Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton Township could be anywhere from B to A.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 887 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Clinton Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 800 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Clinton Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in DeKalb
Where Clinton Township clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 31% of Clinton Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton Township, 2014 → 2024: 476 → 470. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clinton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Clinton Township
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Clinton Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clinton Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,028 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). 1.4% of Clinton Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Clinton Township is 912th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 910 | Santa Claus IN | 2,641 | $90K | 3.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| 911 | Rural Hill TN | 2,075 | $108K | 3.2% | 8.6% | <1% | A− |
| 912 | Clinton Township IL | 2,009 | $101K | 4.8% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| 913 | Florence Township MN | 1,562 | $109K | 2.4% | 4.0% | <1% | A− |
| 914 | Ira NY | 2,109 | $97K | 4.6% | 2.9% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Clinton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Clinton Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | – | A− | C | 36 min | $100,505 |
| Afton Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Shabbona Township | under 2% | B | B+ | 29 min | $81,032 |
| Squaw Grove Township | under 2% | B− | B | 29 min | $91,339 |
| Paw Paw Township | under 2% | — | — | 58 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Afton Township and Paw Paw Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clinton Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Clinton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clinton Township?
$100,505 (±$8,797) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton Township?
4.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DeKalb (9%, 12 mi), Aurora (6%, 25 mi), Sycamore (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clinton Township walkable?
Clinton Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clinton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clinton Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.