Work, pay and getting to work in Clinton
Employers in Clinton report 207 jobs; 334 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Clinton for work; outside it, Seattle is the main destination (14%, 24 miles). Commuters spend 35 minutes getting to work on average; Washington averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Clinton stands out on work
Clinton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clinton is Seattle, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (46) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Clinton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 334 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Clinton earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Clinton is better than 25% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Clinton’s grade up ($76,458, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Clinton’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 could be anywhere from D− to B.
The distance from Clinton to work
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.
About 35 minutes each way for Clinton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clinton workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 458 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
Who commutes out of Clinton, and who commutes in
On a workday 322 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.62 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.
Where people from Clinton work
Where Clinton clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
What Clinton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 207. 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.
Clinton is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 591 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 66% 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 14.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% 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). 1.7% of Clinton households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 19% of Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clinton next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 3,699th of 5,877 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 25 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,697 | Harrison Township OH | 1,511 | $60K | 14.5% | 4.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,698 | Tidmore Bend AL | 1,192 | $61K | 14.6% | 4.0% | 0% | C |
| 3,699 | Clinton WA | 1,419 | $76K | 10.9% | 3.6% | 4% | C |
| 3,700 | Preston MN | 1,318 | $64K | 8.9% | 3.4% | 16% | C− |
| 3,701 | Ennis MT | 1,126 | $70K | 9.4% | 1.1% | 14% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Washington.
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?
$76,458 (±$40,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clinton?
10.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clinton?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clinton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (14%, 24 mi), Everett (9%, 8 mi), Freeland (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clinton walkable?
Clinton is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 24% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clinton without a car?
19% 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.