McLain Rogers Park · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Clinton (2.0%) is lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Clinton is behind 77% of U.S. towns. About two in five work in Clinton itself; outside it, Oklahoma City draws the most (7%, 82 miles). The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Clinton apart
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Clinton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clinton is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #48 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Clinton’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (19.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Short hops and long hauls from Clinton
About 31% 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.
How a workday changes Clinton
On a workday 1,716 residents head out to work, 1,392 work right here, and 2,593 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,200 people are in Clinton on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 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.
Where the trip to work from Clinton ends
Where Clinton clocks in
7% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 32% of Clinton’s jobs are in goods
3,985 jobs are based in Clinton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 4,111 → 3,985. 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.
About 18 minutes to work from Clinton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,901 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% 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.
In Clinton, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clinton is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #72 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.5% across Oklahoma.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,051 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). 6.8% of Clinton households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Clinton is 2,271st of 3,012 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 473 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 746 | Verdigris OK | 5,888 | $84K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 919 | Tuttle OK | 8,708 | $104K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,269 | Granville NY | 6,194 | $69K | 12.1% | 3.9% | 19% | C |
| 2,270 | Dundee FL | 6,424 | $49K | 26.0% | 2.2% | 4% | C |
| 2,271 | Clinton OK | 8,302 | $58K | 19.3% | 2.0% | 45% | C |
| 2,272 | Jennings Township IN | 6,716 | $41K | 17.2% | 3.1% | 15% | C |
| 2,273 | Dunbar Township PA | 6,371 | $61K | 18.0% | 3.9% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Oklahoma.
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?
$58,207 (±$8,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
19.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
45% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (7%, 82 mi), Weatherford (6%, 16 mi), Lawton (3%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.