Clinton is a medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 15,530 people and four associated neighborhoods, Clinton is the 133rd largest community in Massachusetts. Clinton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clinton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clinton is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clinton who work in office and administrative support (10.80%), management occupations (10.71%), and sales jobs (9.03%). Also of interest is that Clinton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.79% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Clinton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. One downside of living in Clinton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.32 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Clinton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Clinton citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.08% of adults in Clinton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Clinton in 2022 was $45,652, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,608 for a family of four. However, Clinton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Clinton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Clinton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clinton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Clinton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.50% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clinton include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Polish. Clinton also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.26%. The most common language spoken in Clinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
