Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Clinton gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $126K, 2.2 years of the Terre Haute metro’s $57K median household income. It grades C− overall, 557th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 94% of the country, and the median household income is $43K, and 21% of residents live below the poverty line. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 96% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. On hazard risk, just 46 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Its National Register listings include Hill Crest Community Center and Clinton Downtown Historic District. Among 189 Indiana towns, just 2 have a lower typical home value than Clinton.
Where Clinton beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Hill Crest Community Center| Widest gap | Clinton | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 8.1% |
Census counts: 321 in 1850, a peak of 10,962 in 1920, 4,831 in 2020. The archive holds 30 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 3 maps from 1951 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Clinton is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Clinton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Clinton.
Clinton is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Indiana (mostly inland flooding).
Against the 3,323 U.S. towns with household incomes like Clinton’s, it is less healthy than 76%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
22% of Clinton adults smoke cigarettes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. 18% of Clinton adults report frequent physical distress. Clinton beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| Clinton | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 21% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Clinton | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 8.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.3% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 21.8% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 2.2 years of the Terre Haute metro’s $57K median household income, the typical home (about $126K) costs less against local pay than in 83% of Indiana towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
58% of Clinton households own their home, against 76% in Indiana’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. The median rent in Clinton is $722 a month. The typical Clinton home is worth about $126,000, down 0.8% in a year, 51% below the Indiana typical home.
| Clinton | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $722 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 11% work in town. Clinton’s average trip to work is 22 minutes. The top destinations are Terre Haute (25%), Clinton Township (8%) and Indianapolis (6%).
| Clinton | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $43,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Indiana towns, with expected losses of about $486 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 49 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clinton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Clinton has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Sportland Park, at 28 acres.
| Clinton | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sportland Park | — | 28 |
| 2. Bogart Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clinton. Close and well known come first.
19 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park14 mi MuseumCANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center
14 mi MuseumSwope Art Museum
14 mi MuseumPaul Dresser Birthplace
38 mi MuseumGeneral Lew Wallace Study
16 mi MuseumMansfield Roller MillTurkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Swope Art Museum: Colin Pizarek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paul Dresser Birthplace: Nyttend, Public domain · General Lew Wallace Study: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mansfield Roller Mill: Nyttend, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Clinton
About 4 of every 100 Clinton residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Where Clinton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Clinton on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Clinton.
City in Indiana, United States
Clinton is a city in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Clinton had a population of 4,831.
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3 towns share a border with Clinton.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | #557 | C− | A− | — | C+ | D |
| Florida Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
| Clinton Township | #512 | C | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Fairview Park | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
Florida Township and Fairview Park have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clinton, Florida Township, Clinton Township and Fairview Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clinton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Clinton grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #557 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
8 notable people were born here, including Charles Edward Jones and Armando Frigo.
