Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Clinton Township
Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. Jobs and income earn Clinton Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in four stay in Clinton Township for work; outside it, Wauseon is the main destination (27%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Clinton Township stands out on work
Clinton Township trades workers with the towns around it
Clinton Township has about as many jobs (5,048) as working residents (4,455), but they are mostly different people: 3,211 residents leave for work each day while 3,804 people come in. Only 25% of the jobs in Clinton Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Clinton Township and Wauseon trade workers both ways
Wauseon is the top workplace for Clinton Township residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Clinton Township come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Clinton Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clinton Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #581 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Clinton Township’s grade up (7.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($69,304, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
A workday in Clinton Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,211 residents head out to work, 1,244 work right here, and 3,804 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 (1.13 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Clinton Township’s residents
Where Clinton Township clocks in
27% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
What Clinton Township’s employers do
5,048 jobs are based in Clinton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,921 → 5,048. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clinton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Clinton Township spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,307 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
The distance from Clinton Township to work
About 18% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Clinton Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clinton Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #412 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Clinton Township 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 4,514 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). 3.7% of Clinton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Clinton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clinton Township is 1,580th of 2,831 U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,578 | Red Bank TN | 12,405 | $64K | 12.0% | 3.8% | 3% | B− |
| 1,579 | Ben Lomond CA | 6,858 | $130K | 4.9% | 11.6% | 6% | B− |
| 1,580 | Clinton Township OH | 9,470 | $69K | 7.4% | 4.1% | 28% | B− |
| 1,581 | Charlotte MI | 9,305 | $63K | 11.1% | 3.2% | 23% | B− |
| 1,582 | Independence OR | 10,195 | $85K | 12.5% | 3.9% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,831 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Clinton Township
The biggest share goes to York Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | – | B− | B− | 21 min | $69,304 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Dover Township | 2% | A− | B | 21 min | $99,583 |
| German Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 15 min | $76,146 |
| York Township | 3% | B | C | 25 min | $75,263 |
| Pike Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $95,439 |
Same-state neighbors only. Freedom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clinton Township’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 2024, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clinton Township?
$69,304 (±$8,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton Township?
7.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton Township work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wauseon (27%, 2 mi), Archbold (9%, 7 mi), Toledo (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Clinton Township walkable?
Clinton Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clinton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clinton Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.