Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, ME

Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Waterville (18%), Augusta (10%) and Skowhegan (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

163 of 1,466 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,303 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 613 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

1,303live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

613work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Waterville10.2 mi away

18%269

Clinton (in town)right here

11%163

Augusta24.7 mi away

10%152

Skowhegan9.1 mi away

6%92

Winslow9.9 mi away

5%75

Fairfield6 mi away

4%65

Oakland11.2 mi away

4%54

Portland78.2 mi away

3%50

Auburn53.3 mi away

2%31

Bangor38.6 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%488

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.

37%

23%

19%

21%

37%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

776 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

776 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

1,466 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+78%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 435 → 776. 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.