Unemployment in Clinton (6.5%) is higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Clinton is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 6% stay in Clinton for work; outside it, Tecumseh is the main destination (8%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Clinton in brief
Clinton makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Clinton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clinton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Clinton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 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 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 783 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Clinton: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Clinton’s grade up (5.2%, 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton could be anywhere from C to A−.
Goods, not services: 38% of the jobs in Clinton
801 jobs are based in Clinton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2011 → 2021: 757 → 801. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,165 commuters (the 10% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 736 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 754 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 (1.02 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’s working residents head each day
Where Clinton clocks in
8% 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.
Where in the region Clinton works
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.
Getting around Clinton: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,295 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). 2.3% of Clinton households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Clinton is 2,120th of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,118 | Roanoke IN | 1,811 | $71K | 10.9% | 3.9% | 2% | B− |
| 2,119 | Rising Sun MD | 2,761 | $86K | 13.0% | 4.4% | 4% | B− |
| 2,120 | Clinton MI | 2,481 | $83K | 5.2% | 6.5% | 6% | B− |
| 2,121 | Imperial NE | 1,962 | $74K | 7.1% | 1.7% | 42% | B− |
| 2,122 | Pine Township IN | 2,447 | $75K | 11.2% | 2.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Michigan.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Clinton?
$82,768 (±$11,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
5.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tecumseh (8%, 4 mi), Clinton Township (7%, 1 mi), Pittsfield Township (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 6% 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), 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.