With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Clifton works elsewhere
21% of workers work from home; Wisconsin has 13%. Clifton has 86 jobs, against 158 working residents. Hardly any stay in Clifton for work; outside it, Platteville is the main destination (14%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clifton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 158 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Clifton on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Commuting out of Clifton: the destinations
Where Clifton clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Clifton works in goods: 84% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clifton, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 86. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Clifton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 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 155 commuters (the 21% 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.
Miles to work from Clifton
About 36% 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.
Around Clifton: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Livingston (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clifton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton | – | — | — | 23 min | $91,250 |
| Liberty | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Livingston | 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Wingville | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Lima | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Mifflin | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty, Livingston, Wingville and Mifflin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lima: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. 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 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: questions
What is the median household income in Clifton?
$91,250 (±$23,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clifton?
4.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clifton?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clifton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Platteville (14%, 12 mi), Lancaster (11%, 12 mi), Madison (6%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clifton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% 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), 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.