Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, KY

Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Mayfield (8%), Paducah (8%) and Fulton (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

71 of 421 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 350 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

350live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Clinton (in town)right here

17%71

Mayfield20 mi away

8%35

Paducah34 mi away

8%34

Fulton12.2 mi away

7%29

Union City, TN16.8 mi away

4%17

Bardwell14.5 mi away

2%10

Murray37.4 mi away

2%10

Hickman12.6 mi away

1%6

Owensboro127.9 mi away

1%5

Hopkinsville85 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%199

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.

25%

36%

19%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

578 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

578 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−17%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 693 → 578. 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.