Work & commute · Clinton

Work & commute in Clinton, NY

Most working residents leave Clinton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Kirkland (20%), Utica (18%) and New Hartford (12%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64 of 823 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 759 Clinton residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clinton.

759live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clinton goes to work

Kirkland0.9 mi away

20%162

Utica8.4 mi away

18%149

New Hartford4.9 mi away

12%102

Whitestown6.4 mi away

4%32

Rome13.5 mi away

3%28

Hamilton18.6 mi away

3%24

Syracuse38.6 mi away

3%23

Verona14.7 mi away

3%21

Albany84.3 mi away

2%20

DeWitt35 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%243

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.

59%

15%

10%

17%

59%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clinton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clinton are

917 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

917 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Clinton residents hold

823 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+14%

Jobs based in Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 801 → 917. 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.