Clinton is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 38,760 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Clinton is the 24th largest community in Maryland.Clinton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Clinton is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clinton who work in management occupations (11.56%), office and administrative support (11.48%), and computer science and math (10.72%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Clinton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.77% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. One downside of living in Clinton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Clinton, the average commute to work is 37.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Clinton is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.62% of adults in Clinton have a college degree. The per capita income in Clinton in 2022 was $54,571, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $218,284 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Clinton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.76% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clinton include German, Jamaican, African, Irish, and Other Subsaharan African. Clinton also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.17%. The most common language spoken in Clinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
