Photo: John Bohnel · CC BY-SA 3.0Clinton’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 2.0% of residents, next to 9.7% for New Jersey as a whole. Jobs and income earn Clinton A+; getting around on foot earns it A. Only 7% work in Clinton; the top destination outside it is Raritan Township (6%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Clinton in brief
Clinton trades workers with the towns around it
Clinton has about as many jobs (1,525) as working residents (1,427), but they are mostly different people: 1,329 residents leave for work each day while 1,427 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Clinton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Clinton
73% of Clinton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 54% of the jobs based in Clinton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Clinton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clinton is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #21 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton could be anywhere from A to A+.
Clinton by day and by night
On a workday 1,329 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 1,427 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 (1.07 per resident).
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 work there is in Clinton: 1,525 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 1,445 → 1,525. 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.
Commuting out of Clinton: the destinations
Where Clinton clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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 takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,183 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Clinton, by distance
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Clinton
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clinton is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #258 of 468 in New Jersey. 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 1,554 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). 7.1% of Clinton households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
83rd of 4,703: where Clinton ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | 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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| 29 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
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| 60 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
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| 64 | Woodbury Heights NJ | 3,162 | $123K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 81 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 82 | St. Bonifacius MN | 2,171 | $110K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 83 | Clinton NJ | 2,794 | $141K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 7% | A+ |
| 84 | Peapack and Gladstone NJ | 2,587 | $203K | 1.1% | 3.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 85 | Westlake TX | 2,057 | $250K | 6.6% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 New Jersey.
The towns around Clinton
The biggest share goes to Clinton Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | – | A+ | A | 29 min | $141,146 |
| Clinton Township | 4% | A | B | 37 min | $167,109 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 38 min | $137,568 |
| Annandale | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 31 min | $161,169 |
Same-state neighbors only. Annandale: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. 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?
$141,146 (±$18,255) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
2.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (6%, 6 mi), Clinton Township (4%, 3 mi), Bridgewater Township (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.