Clinton Downtown Historic District · Photo: Deedeebee · CC BY 3.0Unemployment in Clinton Township (7.1%) is higher than in 83% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Clinton Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (B). Only 7% stay in Clinton Township for work; outside it, Tecumseh is the main destination (7%, 4 miles). Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clinton Township: the figures worth knowing
Inside Clinton Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Clinton Township’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,565 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Clinton Township
On a workday 1,101 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 852 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 (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where Clinton Township goes to work
Where Clinton Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Clinton Township’s jobs are in goods
940 jobs are based in Clinton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton Township, 2011 → 2021: 922 → 940. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clinton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Clinton Township commutes
About 20% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Clinton Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,756 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). 3.8% of Clinton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clinton Township is 2,223rd of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 116 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 120 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
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| 2,221 | Jefferson OR | 3,299 | $102K | 9.2% | 7.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,222 | Bourbon Township IL | 4,173 | $77K | 13.2% | 2.1% | 37% | B− |
| 2,223 | Clinton Township MI | 3,700 | $77K | 4.3% | 7.1% | 7% | B− |
| 2,224 | Bemidji Township MN | 4,031 | $83K | 11.3% | 3.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,225 | Brownstown IN | 3,154 | $63K | 10.7% | 1.6% | 17% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door 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 | 31 min | $76,954 |
| Tecumseh Township | under 3% | B | C− | 32 min | $100,625 |
| Bridgewater Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 31 min | $103,226 |
| Macon Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 26 min | $78,813 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 38 min | $90,221 |
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 2021, 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?
$76,954 (±$5,196) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton Township?
4.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tecumseh (7%, 4 mi), Pittsfield Township (5%, 16 mi), Saline (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Clinton Township walkable?
Clinton Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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), 2021, 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.