Photo: J. Passepartout · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Clinton have higher incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 5.8%; New York has 14.0%. Clinton grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Home is the office for 23% of workers, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clinton and work: the main findings
Clinton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clinton is New York City, 83 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (223) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Clinton averages 36 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (22 to 33 minutes). Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Clinton
23% of Clinton workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Clinton is a place people come home to
There are 516 jobs based in Clinton, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clinton has about 2,900 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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’s behind Clinton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clinton is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #133 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Clinton’s grade up ($125,685, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). 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.
Half of Clinton commutes less than 16 miles
About 29% 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.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,585 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% 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 Clinton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,614 residents head out to work, 104 work right here, and 412 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Clinton on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
13% of working residents work in New York City
Where Clinton clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
The 516 jobs based in Clinton
516 jobs are based in Clinton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 516. 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.
Driving is how Clinton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clinton is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #382 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 17.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,057 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). 3.8% of Clinton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 13% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500, Clinton ranks 672nd of 4,023 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 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 670 | Nineveh Township IN | 4,289 | $91K | 4.8% | 1.7% | 3% | A− |
| 671 | Pleasant Township IN | 3,521 | $88K | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| 672 | Clinton NY | 4,082 | $126K | 5.8% | 2.0% | 6% | A− |
| 673 | East Allen Township PA | 5,472 | $98K | 5.8% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 674 | Jamestown RI | 5,480 | $141K | 3.5% | 4.9% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | 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 New York.
Next door is work for 16% of Clinton
The biggest share goes to Rhinebeck (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | – | A− | B+ | 36 min | $125,685 |
| Rhinebeck | 8% | B− | A | 29 min | $93,284 |
| Hyde Park | 5% | B− | B+ | 29 min | $87,094 |
| Milan | under 3% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $104,318 |
| Stanford | under 3% | B | B | 30 min | $88,578 |
| Pleasant Valley | 3% | B+ | B− | 33 min | $101,731 |
| Salt Point | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Washington | under 3% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $102,303 |
Same-state neighbors only. Salt Point: 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?
$125,685 (±$16,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
5.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (13%, 83 mi), Poughkeepsie (9%, 14 mi), Rhinebeck (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 18% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.