Most of Clifton commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
32% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. 6 jobs are based in Clifton for 295 working residents. Hardly any work in Clifton; the top destination outside it is Tomah (22%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clifton, in a few figures
Clifton is a place people come home to
There are 6 jobs based in Clifton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clifton has about 460 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Clifton works from home
32% of Clifton workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 295 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Clifton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Clifton on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2024, primary jobs.
From Clifton, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clifton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 32% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
The towns that employ Clifton’s residents
Where Clifton clocks in
22% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 50% of work in Clifton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clifton, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 6. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clifton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Clifton goes to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Clifton
The biggest share goes to Oakdale (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clifton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton | – | — | — | 21 min | $69,000 |
| Fountain | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Glendale | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Wilton | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Oakdale | 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fountain and Oakdale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Glendale: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Wilton: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clifton’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 2024, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Clifton?
$69,000 (±$25,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clifton?
32.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clifton?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clifton work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tomah (22%, 11 mi), Tomah (5%, 8 mi), Sparta (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Clifton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clifton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clifton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.