Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Clinton Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Clinton Township are B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Clinton Township has 511 jobs; 1,473 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Clinton Township itself; outside it, Wooster draws the most (26%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clinton Township: the figures worth knowing
Clinton Township makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Clinton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clinton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Clinton Township empties out on a workday
About 2,200 people are in Clinton Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 3,200 who live here: 1,400 head out to work and 390 come in. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Clinton Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clinton Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #607 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Clinton Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In Clinton Township, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton Township, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 511. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Clinton Township
On a workday 1,352 residents head out to work, 121 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Clinton Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Clinton Township commutes to
Where Clinton Township clocks in
Lines 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.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Clinton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 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 1,535 commuters (the 9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Clinton Township
About 15% 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.
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 65% of U.S. towns, #249 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,690 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). 2.9% of Clinton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Clinton Township is 2,229th of 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Seward Township IN | 2,305 | $77K | 6.9% | 3.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,228 | Virgil NY | 2,375 | $91K | 7.1% | 4.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,229 | Clinton Township OH | 3,170 | $72K | 9.3% | 3.5% | 8% | B− |
| 2,230 | Union Township OH | 2,609 | $69K | 5.0% | 3.3% | 9% | B− |
| 2,231 | El Paso IL | 2,723 | $76K | 10.9% | 3.9% | 18% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Clinton Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Wooster Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | – | B− | B+ | 20 min | $72,336 |
| Plain Township | under 2% | B | C | 24 min | $85,909 |
| Ripley Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 30 min | $63,696 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 21 min | $71,384 |
| Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Wooster Township | 5% | C+ | C− | 16 min | $70,296 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B | D | 23 min | $80,086 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clinton Township?
$72,336 (±$8,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton Township?
9.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wooster (26%, 10 mi), Shreve (7%, 2 mi), Wooster Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton Township walkable?
Clinton Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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), 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.