Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, MI

Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (10%), Warren (8%) and Troy (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

4,476 of 42,228 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,752 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 4,476 work right here, and 30,306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

37,752live here, work elsewhere

4,476live and work here

30,306work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Clinton (in town)right here

11%4,476

Detroit17.2 mi away

10%4,062

Warren8.7 mi away

8%3,488

Troy11.6 mi away

7%3,115

Sterling Heights5.8 mi away

7%2,884

Shelby8.3 mi away

4%1,627

Auburn Hills17.6 mi away

3%1,301

Mount Clemens1.9 mi away

3%1,219

Southfield19.2 mi away

3%1,113

Roseville5.8 mi away

2%1,023

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%17,920

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.

45%

39%

45%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

34,782 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

34,782 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

42,228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+19%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2011 → 2021: 29,351 → 34,782. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.