Photo: kenneth c zirkel · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Clinton (1.1%) is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City. For jobs and income Clinton is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A). Only 8% work in Clinton; the top destination outside it is Kirkland (20%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Clinton, in brief
Clinton and Kirkland trade workers both ways
Kirkland is the top workplace for Clinton residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Clinton come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Clinton are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Clinton
66% of Clinton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Clinton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% 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; with 823 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Clinton earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate 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 B to A+.
Where people from Clinton work
Where Clinton clocks in
20% of workers
18% of workers
12% 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.
About 18 minutes each way for Clinton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 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 940 commuters (the 15% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
917 jobs are based in Clinton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 801 → 917. 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.
In and out of Clinton on a workday
On a workday 759 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 853 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 (1.11 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.
How far Clinton’s workers travel
About 17% 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.
Clinton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,100 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 92% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 6.1% of Clinton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Clinton comes 569th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 567 | Recovery Township OH | 1,482 | $107K | 4.0% | 0.0% | 15% | A− |
| 568 | Lake Dalecarlia IN | 1,169 | $118K | 6.2% | 4.6% | <1% | A− |
| 569 | Clinton NY | 1,599 | $88K | 6.3% | 1.1% | 8% | A− |
| 570 | Van Buren Township IN | 1,436 | $96K | 6.2% | 3.9% | 2% | A− |
| 571 | Newark Township OH | 2,174 | $79K | 3.2% | 4.2% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
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?
$88,182 (±$23,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
6.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kirkland (20%, 1 mi), Utica (18%, 8 mi), New Hartford (12%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 92% 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.