Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Clinton Township has 10.8 jobs per working resident, and 3,362 people come in to work
Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 11% across Indiana. There are 3,402 jobs in Clinton Township, and 315 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven stay in Clinton Township for work; outside it, Logansport is the main destination (24%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Clinton Township, in brief
Clinton Township fills up on a workday
Clinton Township has 3,402 jobs, 10.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,700 people are in town, 6 times the 580 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Clinton Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Clinton Township went from 888 in 2013 to 3,402 in 2023, +283%. The jobs ↓
Clinton Township makes and builds things
73% of the jobs based in Clinton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clinton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
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; with 315 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Clinton Township’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 275 residents head out to work and 40 work right here.
About 3,700 people are in Clinton Township on a workday afternoon, 537% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods, not services: 73% of the jobs in Clinton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton Township, 2013 → 2023: 888 → 3,402. 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 Clinton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Clinton Township, and from where
Where Clinton Township clocks in
24% 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.
About 14 minutes to work from Clinton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 370 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
How far it is to work from Clinton Township
About 23% 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.
Around Clinton Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | – | — | — | 14 min | $92,115 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $90,750 |
| Eel Township | 2% | C− | B+ | 20 min | $47,617 |
| Noble Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $92,219 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Washington Township | 3% | C− | C | 18 min | $63,958 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township and Washington 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 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 Clinton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clinton Township?
$92,115 (±$64,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton Township?
24.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logansport (24%, 6 mi), Kokomo (10%, 25 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clinton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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), 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.