Households in Clintonia Township have lower incomes than those in 66% of U.S. towns
Clintonia Township grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 13.6% of residents live below the poverty line; Illinois has 11.8%. About one in three work in Clintonia Township itself; outside it, Clinton draws the most (30%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Clintonia Township
Clintonia Township and Clinton trade workers both ways
Clinton is the top workplace for Clintonia Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Clintonia Township come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Clintonia Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker, and quicker than any town next door (22 to 30 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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.
Inside Clintonia Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clintonia Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #553 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Clintonia Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clintonia Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The towns that employ Clintonia Township’s residents
Where Clintonia Township clocks in
30% of workers
5% 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.
The trip to work from Clintonia Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clintonia Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,098 commuters (the 11% 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.
Clintonia Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,829 residents head out to work, 805 work right here, and 1,946 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
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 Clintonia Township: 2,751 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clintonia Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,907 → 2,751. 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 Clintonia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Clintonia Township to work
About 27% 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 Clintonia Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clintonia Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #302 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Clintonia Township 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 3,462 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). 6.5% of Clintonia Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clintonia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Clintonia Township is 2,037th among 3,164 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 13 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,035 | Richfield Township MI | 8,941 | $83K | 10.1% | 7.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,036 | Iroquois Point HI | 5,158 | $110K | 14.9% | 12.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,037 | Clintonia Township IL | 7,123 | $65K | 13.6% | 3.5% | 31% | C+ |
| 2,038 | Hastings NY | 9,438 | $84K | 10.5% | 7.3% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,039 | Putnam CT | 9,402 | $71K | 11.5% | 4.4% | 22% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | 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 Clintonia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Clintonia Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clintonia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clintonia Township | – | C+ | A− | 19 min | $65,123 |
| Wapella Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Texas Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 25 min | $86,739 |
| Barnett Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Harp Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wapella Township: not graded. Barnett Township and Harp Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clintonia 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 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 Clintonia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clintonia Township?
$65,123 (±$7,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clintonia Township?
13.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clintonia Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clintonia Township work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton (30%, 2 mi), Decatur (10%, 22 mi), Springfield (5%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clintonia Township walkable?
Clintonia Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clintonia Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clintonia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clintonia Township
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.