Work & commute · Clifton

Work & commute in Clifton, TX

About one in 4 of Clifton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Waco (11%), Fort Worth (4%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

392 of 1,588 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,196 Clifton residents head out of town to work, 392 work right here, and 965 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clifton.

1,196live here, work elsewhere

392live and work here

965work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clifton goes to work

Clifton (in town)right here

25%392

Waco27.9 mi away

11%174

Fort Worth70.4 mi away

4%71

Dallas84.6 mi away

3%42

Abilene134.3 mi away

2%38

Irving82.5 mi away

2%33

Houston189.8 mi away

1%20

San Antonio169.7 mi away

1%19

Woodway28.6 mi away

1%18

Austin103 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%763

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Clifton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

22%

40%

31%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clifton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clifton are

1,357 jobs are based in Clifton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clifton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clifton

1,357 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Clifton residents hold

1,588 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+11%

Jobs based in Clifton, 2013 → 2023: 1,221 → 1,357. 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.