Clinton Township’s household incomes are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 13.4%, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. For jobs and income Clinton Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (B). Only 5% work in Clinton Township itself; outside it, Valparaiso draws the most (13%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Clinton Township: the gist
Clinton Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clinton Township went from 421 in 2013 to 650 in 2023, +54%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Clinton Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Clinton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 647 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 Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Clinton Township’s grade up ($105,714, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Clinton Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clinton Township could be anywhere from C to A.
The kinds of work in Clinton Township
650 jobs are based in Clinton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton Township, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 650. 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.
How long Clinton Township spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 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 750 commuters (the 9% 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.
Who commutes out of Clinton Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 614 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 617 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 (1.00 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.
Out of Clinton Township to work: where people go
Where Clinton Township clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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 commute from Clinton Township, by distance
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Clinton Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 820 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.5% of Clinton Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Clinton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clinton Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 1,593rd of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,591 | Walnutport PA | 2,097 | $76K | 15.9% | 2.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,592 | Woodsboro TX | 1,277 | $82K | 4.3% | 4.9% | 9% | B |
| 1,593 | Clinton Township IN | 1,529 | $106K | 13.4% | 6.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,594 | Grant Township KS | 1,317 | $85K | 6.0% | 5.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,595 | Delaware Township KS | 1,785 | $66K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Clinton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | – | B | B | 32 min | $105,714 |
| Cass Township | under 3% | B | C− | 29 min | $62,875 |
| New Durham Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 22 min | $89,107 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | A | C− | 34 min | $109,879 |
| Noble Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 39 min | $95,694 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$105,714 (±$35,045) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton Township?
13.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valparaiso (13%, 10 mi), La Porte (11%, 13 mi), Michigan City (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton Township walkable?
Clinton Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.