Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Clinton has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Clinton has 776 jobs, against 1,466 working residents. For jobs and income Clinton is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D). About one in ten work in Clinton itself; outside it, Waterville draws the most (18%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Clinton, in brief
Clinton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clinton went from 435 in 2013 to 776 in 2023, +78%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
50% of the jobs in Clinton are in trade, transport and utilities, against 27% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Clinton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Clinton makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Clinton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clinton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Clinton’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Clinton’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton could be anywhere from C− to A.
Goods jobs make up 35% of work in Clinton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 435 → 776. 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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Clinton
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 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,569 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% 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 a workday changes Clinton
On a workday 1,303 residents head out to work, 163 work right here, and 613 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Clinton on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Out of Clinton to work: where people go
Where Clinton clocks in
18% of workers
10% 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.
Clinton’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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 Clinton, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,842 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). 2.0% of Clinton households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clinton places 1,562nd of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 344 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
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| 729 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
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| 778 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
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| 1,560 | Holden Lakes FL | 3,522 | $71K | 10.6% | 4.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,561 | Gibsonburg OH | 2,462 | $75K | 10.6% | 2.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,562 | Clinton ME | 3,378 | $71K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 11% | B |
| 1,563 | Lake Township MI | 3,348 | $83K | 10.4% | 2.6% | 9% | B |
| 1,564 | Sevastopol WI | 2,835 | $89K | 8.1% | 1.4% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Maine.
How Clinton compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Fairfield (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | – | B | D | 30 min | $71,458 |
| Burnham | under 2% | D | C | 22 min | $59,261 |
| Fairfield | 4% | B− | B− | 25 min | $64,101 |
| Pittsfield | under 2% | C− | B+ | 24 min | $57,381 |
| Canaan | under 2% | C | C | 34 min | $57,781 |
| Benton | under 2% | B− | C− | 20 min | $61,437 |
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?
$71,458 (±$39,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
2.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterville (18%, 10 mi), Augusta (10%, 25 mi), Skowhegan (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.