Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, MO

Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cabool (22%), Mountain Grove (12%) and Springfield (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 543 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 523 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

523live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Cabool5.6 mi away

22%122

Mountain Grove3.4 mi away

12%66

Springfield60.1 mi away

9%47

West Plains32.9 mi away

5%29

Clinton (in town)right here

4%20

Houston18.8 mi away

3%19

Mansfield20.8 mi away

3%15

Burdine6.9 mi away

2%10

Willow Springs16.7 mi away

1%7

Seymour31.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%202

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.

41%

13%

15%

31%

41%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

193 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

193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−36%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 300 → 193. 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.