Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainClinton has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income A−: better than 75% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #69 of 119 in Utah.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns · #65 of 119 in Utah.
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Utah 22, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Clinton; the top destination outside it is Ogden (15%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Clinton
The better-paid jobs are outside Clinton
60% of Clinton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Clinton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Clinton pay little
34% of the jobs based in Clinton pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 42% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Clinton’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Utah average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Clinton is a place people come home to
There are 2,907 jobs based in Clinton, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clinton has about 16,000 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. 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.
What’s behind Clinton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clinton is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #69 of 119 in Utah. Household income holds Clinton’s grade up ($116,194, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clinton could be anywhere from B to A.
What the 2,907 jobs in Clinton are
2,907 jobs are based in Clinton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 2,297 → 2,907. 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.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Utah
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,638 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Clinton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 10,693 residents head out to work, 351 work right here, and 2,556 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Clinton on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Ogden
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Clinton clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Clinton commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
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 67% of U.S. towns, #65 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,757 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 87% 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 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 2.0% of Clinton households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clinton is 647th of 1,577 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Clinton, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bluffdale UT | 19,506 | $130K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Holladay UT | 31,162 | $117K | 4.1% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Highland UT | 21,571 | $186K | 1.9% | 3.9% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 645 | Woodstock IL | 25,740 | $83K | 6.0% | 3.3% | 16% | A− |
| 646 | Hanahan SC | 22,415 | $88K | 11.7% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| 647 | Clinton UT | 23,797 | $116K | 7.0% | 4.9% | 3% | A− |
| 648 | Kaukauna WI | 18,517 | $80K | 7.8% | 3.0% | 12% | A− |
| 649 | Stafford Township NJ | 30,958 | $118K | 3.0% | 5.4% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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.
12% of Clinton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Clearfield (8%). Darker towns draw more of Clinton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | – | A− | B+ | 25 min | $116,194 |
| West Point | under 3% | A+ | B | 23 min | $120,687 |
| Clearfield | 8% | B | A− | 22 min | $75,495 |
| Sunset | under 3% | B+ | A | 21 min | $76,364 |
| Roy | 4% | A | A− | 25 min | $91,282 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$116,194 (±$7,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
7.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogden (15%, 8 mi), Salt Lake City (13%, 26 mi), Layton (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 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 2% 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.