Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, MN

Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Ortonville (22%), Morris (9%) and Graceville (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 154 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

154live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Ortonville11.4 mi away

22%37

Clinton (in town)right here

9%15

Morris27.3 mi away

9%15

Graceville7 mi away

5%9

Milbank, SD19.5 mi away

3%5

Appleton27.5 mi away

2%4

St. Cloud110.1 mi away

2%4

Hancock31.5 mi away

2%3

Odessa15.1 mi away

2%3

Elbow Lake42.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%71

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.

22%

30%

22%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

120 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

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−3%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 120. 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.