Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Clinton works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Clinton for work; outside it, Akron is the main destination (20%, 12 miles). 81 jobs are based in Clinton; 536 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Clinton are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clinton at work: what stands out
Clinton is a place people come home to
There are 81 jobs based in Clinton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clinton has about 740 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Clinton and Akron trade workers both ways
Akron is the top workplace for Clinton residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Clinton 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 536 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Clinton
On income, poverty and job access, Clinton is better than 76% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($76,689, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Clinton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clinton could be anywhere from B to A.
Who commutes out of Clinton, and who commutes in
On a workday 533 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Clinton on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Commuting out of Clinton: the destinations
Where Clinton clocks in
20% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 37% of the jobs in Clinton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 81. 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 from Clinton: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 525 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.
Miles to work from Clinton
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.
Most trips from Clinton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clinton is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. 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 578 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). 0.8% of Clinton households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clinton next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 511th of 4,312 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 509 | Alton IA | 1,254 | $98K | 2.6% | 2.5% | 4% | A− |
| 510 | Kalida OH | 1,481 | $88K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 15% | A− |
| 511 | Clinton OH | 1,195 | $77K | 5.6% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| 512 | Cheswick PA | 1,594 | $75K | 6.8% | 8.9% | 2% | A− |
| 513 | Minden Township MN | 1,543 | $76K | 3.2% | 1.7% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Ohio.
Next door to Clinton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | – | A− | C− | 24 min | $76,689 |
| New Franklin | under 3% | A− | C | 25 min | $90,244 |
| Chippewa Township | under 3% | A− | C | 23 min | $80,440 |
| Lawrence Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $77,568 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$76,689 (±$9,496) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
5.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
24 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 work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (20%, 12 mi), Barberton (6%, 6 mi), Norton (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.