Corcoran School · Photo: Tim Pierce · CC BY 3.0Clinton has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in ten work in Clinton; the top destination outside it is Worcester (9%, 12 miles). Employers in Clinton report 3,713 jobs, and 7,786 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Clinton are B for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clinton and work: the main findings
Jobs & income in Clinton: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clinton is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #213 of 283 in Massachusetts. Job access by car holds Clinton’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Clinton makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 4,139 → 3,713. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Clinton by day and by night
On a workday 6,877 residents head out to work, 909 work right here, and 2,804 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Clinton on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Clinton ends
Where Clinton clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Commuting from Clinton: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,806 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Clinton commutes
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.
Driving is how Clinton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clinton is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #200 of 283 in Massachusetts. Both inputs place Clinton 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 9,093 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). 5.4% of Clinton households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clinton is 1,075th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 13 | Weston MA | 11,729 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 18 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,073 | Homewood IL | 18,773 | $100K | 9.4% | 8.1% | 7% | B |
| 1,074 | Berea OH | 17,920 | $75K | 8.1% | 5.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,075 | Clinton MA | 15,718 | $90K | 8.6% | 5.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,076 | Artesia CA | 15,789 | $101K | 9.4% | 10.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,077 | Northlake IL | 12,462 | $84K | 10.9% | 5.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Clinton and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lancaster (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | – | B | B | 30 min | $89,781 |
| Berlin | under 2% | A− | B− | 34 min | $121,336 |
| Lancaster | 2% | A− | B | 32 min | $134,833 |
| Sterling | under 2% | A− | B+ | 34 min | $129,063 |
| Boylston | under 2% | A | C | 27 min | $140,962 |
| Bolton | under 2% | A | C | 37 min | $205,449 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clinton’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: questions
What is the median household income in Clinton?
$89,781 (±$9,660) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
8.6%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Worcester (9%, 12 mi), Marlborough (6%, 8 mi), Boston (6%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clinton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clinton
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.