Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, MD

Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (29%), Arlington (3%) and Baltimore (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

635 of 16,997 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,362 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 635 work right here, and 8,048 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

16,362live here, work elsewhere

635live and work here

8,048work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Washington, DC12.6 mi away

29%4,906

Clinton (in town)right here

4%635

Arlington, VA13.9 mi away

3%580

Baltimore41.7 mi away

2%413

Lake Arbor12.2 mi away

2%391

Alexandria, VA10.8 mi away

2%382

Waldorf8.7 mi away

2%327

Bethesda20.3 mi away

1%211

National Harbor6.1 mi away

1%209

East Riverdale15 mi away

1%198

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%8,745

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.

17%

64%

15%

17%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

8,683 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

8,683 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

16,997 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−4%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 9,011 → 8,683. 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.