Photo: Clint · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Clinton Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Clinton Township itself; outside it, Scranton draws the most (8%, 21 miles). There are 47 jobs in Clinton Township, and 1,048 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Clinton Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Clinton Township, in brief
What’s behind Clinton Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Clinton Township’s grade up (9.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Clinton Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clinton Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
A workday in Clinton Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,032 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Clinton Township on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 towns that employ Clinton Township’s residents
Where Clinton Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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 Clinton Township: what the 47 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 47. 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.
Commuting from Clinton Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 706 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far it is to work from Clinton Township
About 23% 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
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 849 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). 2.5% of Clinton Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clinton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Clinton Township ranks: 3,557th of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,555 | Orleans NY | 2,721 | $78K | 8.0% | 6.9% | 5% | C |
| 3,556 | Rome Township OH | 1,948 | $81K | 16.5% | 1.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,557 | Clinton Township PA | 2,071 | $68K | 9.6% | 4.4% | 2% | C |
| 3,558 | Ridgebury Township PA | 1,886 | $67K | 11.0% | 7.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,559 | Washington WI | 1,640 | $85K | 10.7% | 1.3% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pennsylvania.
10% of Clinton Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Forest City (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | – | C | C− | 26 min | $67,708 |
| Dyberry Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 22 min | $88,438 |
| Forest City | 5% | C− | A | 23 min | $57,404 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | C | C | 30 min | $83,750 |
| Vandling | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Waymart | 2% | D | A− | 23 min | $51,544 |
| Canaan Township | 3% | C | C− | 28 min | $73,036 |
| Fell Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 25 min | $60,875 |
| Clifford Township | under 2% | B− | D | 27 min | $84,559 |
Same-state neighbors only. Vandling: 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?
$67,708 (±$19,068) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton Township?
9.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (8%, 21 mi), Honesdale (7%, 10 mi), Carbondale (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton Township walkable?
Clinton Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.