Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0About one in three of Clinton’s working residents commute to Jackson
Jobs & income B+: better than 66% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #10 of 99 in Mississippi.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns · #45 of 101 in Mississippi.
Household incomes here are lower than in 51% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Clinton; the top destination outside it is Jackson (36%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Clinton
What’s behind Clinton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clinton is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #10 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds Clinton’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($74,745, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton could be anywhere from B− to A−.
36% of working residents work in Jackson
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Clinton clocks in
36% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Clinton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 9,678 residents head out to work, 1,567 work right here, and 6,399 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Clinton on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 7,966 jobs in Clinton are
7,966 jobs are based in Clinton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 6,631 → 7,966. 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.
About 24 minutes each way, about the MS average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,609 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Clinton commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Clinton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clinton is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #45 of 101 in Mississippi. 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 12,615 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, <1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% 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). 3.5% of Clinton households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clinton is 759th of 1,477 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Clinton, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 143 | Madison MS | 28,575 | $119K | 4.8% | 2.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 757 | Leland NC | 35,731 | $92K | 6.1% | 4.7% | 7% | B+ |
| 758 | Parkville MD | 30,549 | $79K | 8.6% | 5.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 759 | Clinton MS | 26,640 | $75K | 9.6% | 3.2% | 14% | B+ |
| 760 | Ennis TX | 25,694 | $75K | 10.9% | 2.9% | 24% | B+ |
| 761 | Madison Township OH | 26,569 | $89K | 8.9% | 5.5% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 799 | Brandon MS | 26,122 | $93K | 8.5% | 5.2% | 10% | B |
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| 904 | Ridgeland MS | 24,750 | $66K | 9.9% | 4.1% | 17% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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.
36% of Clinton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Jackson (36%). 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?
$74,745 (±$4,805) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
9.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (36%, 8 mi), Ridgeland (7%, 12 mi), Flowood (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. <1% 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.