Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, IL

About one in 3 of Clinton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Decatur (10%), Springfield (5%) and Bloomington (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

754 of 2,520 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,766 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 754 work right here, and 1,708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

1,766live here, work elsewhere

754live and work here

1,708work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Clinton (in town)right here

30%754

Decatur20.2 mi away

10%244

Springfield43.7 mi away

5%128

Bloomington22.7 mi away

3%87

Chicago134.5 mi away

3%82

Champaign36.4 mi away

2%59

Peoria54.1 mi away

2%49

Clintonia2.3 mi away

2%43

Urbana40.5 mi away

2%41

Normal25.8 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%994

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Clinton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

36%

20%

17%

28%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

2,462 jobs are based in Clinton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clinton

2,462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

2,520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−5%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 2,600 → 2,462. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.