With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Clifton Township works elsewhere
Clifton Township has 127 jobs, and 529 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Clifton Township C; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Clifton Township, in brief
Where Clifton Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Clifton Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Clifton Township’s grade up (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,705, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (8.0%) is left out: Clifton Township’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, Clifton Township could be anywhere from C− to C+.
How a workday changes Clifton Township
On a workday 524 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Clifton Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
13% of working residents work in Scranton
Where Clifton Township clocks in
13% 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.
Jobs in Clifton Township: what the 127 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clifton Township, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 127. 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 Clifton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Clifton Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clifton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Clifton Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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.
Most of Clifton Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clifton Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Clifton 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 528 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). 2.8% of Clifton Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clifton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clifton Township places 3,670th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,668 | Jackson Center OH | 1,446 | $65K | 13.7% | 5.2% | 11% | C |
| 3,669 | Varick NY | 1,635 | $80K | 17.6% | 6.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,670 | Clifton Township PA | 1,522 | $57K | 13.2% | 8.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,671 | Mount Ayr IA | 1,637 | $74K | 10.9% | 4.0% | 27% | C |
| 3,672 | Allegany NY | 1,615 | $71K | 16.6% | 2.3% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Clifton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 14% of Clifton Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Covington Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clifton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Township | – | C | C− | 23 min | $56,705 |
| Lehigh Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $55,536 |
| Coolbaugh Township | 2% | C− | B | 39 min | $82,615 |
| Thornhurst Township | under 2% | C | D− | 38 min | $71,625 |
| Gouldsboro | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Covington Township | 9% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $100,313 |
| Spring Brook Township | 3% | B− | D | 29 min | $69,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gouldsboro: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clifton 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 Clifton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clifton Township?
$56,705 (±$2,980) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clifton Township?
13.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clifton Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clifton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (13%, 13 mi), Covington Township (9%, 4 mi), Dunmore (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clifton Township walkable?
Clifton Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clifton 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 Clifton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clifton 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.