Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, MI

Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Comins (23%), Mentor (6%) and Big Creek (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 130 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

130live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Comins4.9 mi away

23%31

Mentor13.7 mi away

6%8

Big Creek19.5 mi away

5%7

Clinton (in town)right here

4%5

Elmer10 mi away

4%5

Hillman18.6 mi away

3%4

Greenwood16.7 mi away

3%4

Traverse City79.9 mi away

2%3

Bagley35.4 mi away

2%3

Charlton25.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%62

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.

30%

23%

11%

36%

30%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

52 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

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month32%

−41%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2011 → 2021: 88 → 52. 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.