Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, NJ

Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (4%), Bridgewater (4%) and Raritan (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

419 of 6,195 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,776 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 419 work right here, and 3,509 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

5,776live here, work elsewhere

419live and work here

3,509work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Clinton (in town)right here

7%419

New York, NY48.7 mi away

4%263

Bridgewater14 mi away

4%260

Raritan5.9 mi away

4%255

Readington6 mi away

4%238

Branchburg9.3 mi away

2%132

Bernards16.1 mi away

2%129

Franklin19.7 mi away

2%115

Trenton28.6 mi away

2%109

Parsippany-Troy Hills28.1 mi away

2%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%4,166

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%

32%

38%

22%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

3,928 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

3,928 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

6,195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−27%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 5,393 → 3,928. 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.