City · De Witt County, Illinois

Clinton, Illinois

Clinton is a city in De Witt County, Illinois. It has 6,985 residents. Clinton, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,632 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #393 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), home price to income ratio (low) and math scores (high). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), gyms and fitness centers (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,632 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #393 of 697 in IL
Population: 6,985 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,955.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 1715001

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety49#7,987/15,637
Economy35#10,133/15,631
Housing84#2,462/14,977
Health36#9,996/15,609
Healthcare22#12,138/15,650
Environment23#11,885/15,453
Education77#3,617/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,442/15,650
Community78#3,479/15,651
Leisure & amenities40#9,427/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clinton, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “De Witt County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Pharmacies · high3.3 /10k
97/100Illinois 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDe Witt County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
97/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Math scores · high3.47
95/100Illinois 2.90United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDe Witt County value
Public libraries · high2.6 /10k
94/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDe Witt County value
Reading scores · high3.36
92/100Illinois 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDe Witt County value
Students per teacher · low11.7×
87/100Illinois 13.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsDe Witt County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low6.9 /1k
2/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauDe Witt County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Illinois 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDe Witt County value
Flu vaccinations · low27.0%
4/100Illinois 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDe Witt County value
Distance to an airport · high122 mi
5/100Illinois 35 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauDe Witt County value
Mental health providers · low65 /100k
9/100Illinois 355 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDe Witt County value
Primary care physicians · low26 /100k
9/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDe Witt County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.3 /1k (2021) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+51%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$46,923 (2015-2019) → $62,323 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
22.5% (2015-2019) → 27.9% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.9% (2015-2019) → 86.2% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
25.5% (2015-2019) → 20.6% (2020-2024)
−4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.8% (2015-2019) → 20.4% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clinton, Illinois improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+33%$46,923 → $62,323
Broadband+5.3 points80.9% → 86.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Clinton, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.1 min2015-2019	19.0 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	48%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Broadband subscriptions	80.9%2015-2019	86.2%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Improved	34%
Child poverty rate	22.5%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Effective property tax rate	1.99%2015-2019	1.73%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	68%
High school diploma or higher	89.6%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4012015-2019	0.4182020-2024	+0.017	Within the margin of error	36%
Median household income	$46,9232015-2019	$62,3232020-2024	+33%	Improved	61%
Poverty rate	13.9%2015-2019	14.5%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent as share of income	25.5%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent-burdened households	37.9%2015-2019	35.1%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2015-2019	5.0%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Clinton, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clinton, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clinton, Illinois itself moved −0.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,985 residents (±313)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,157 households (±220)

Clinton, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k19%614
$25k–50k20%635
$50k–75k20%618

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,157 households (±220)

Clinton, Illinois
Illinois share

Own67%2,108
Rent33%1,049

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,281 workers (±311)

Clinton, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone80%2,630
Carpool7.5%†245
Public transit0.4%†14

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of De Witt County, the county holding most of Clinton's residents.

De Witt County has 343 employer establishments, 224 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Illinois's), with 3,973 paid employees at an average annual pay of $62,072. The Census Bureau also counts 925 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 343; 925 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 224; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 3,973
Average annual pay: $62,072; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of De Witt County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	38	24.8	1.60×More than typical	328	$60,332	80
Restaurants and other eating places	23	15	0.82×About typical	307	$22,147	6
Religious organizations	19	12.4	2.24×More than typical	53	$16,113	—
Building equipment contractors	15	9.8	1.63×More than typical	200	$65,565	27
Truck transportation	15	9.8	1.94×More than typical	98	$59,510	29
Ambulatory health care services	12	7.8	0.38×Fewer than typical	67	$51,866	22
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	11	7.2	2.28×More than typical	51	$55,098	10
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	11	7.2	2.18×More than typical	186	$67,016	15
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	7.2	1.07×About typical	34	$81,912	73
Full-service restaurants	10	6.5	0.85×About typical	112	$24,732	—
Limited-service restaurants	10	6.5	0.82×About typical	161	$22,292	—
Gasoline stations	9	5.9	1.81×Too few to compare	112	$27,054	—

Rank places for an industry Open De Witt County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,297 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Clinton, Illinois: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-471.5FY2017
76FY2018
34.5FY2019
29FY2020
267.5FY2021
39.6FY2022
15.7KFY2023
193FY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Clinton, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Clinton is mostly in De Witt County.

See federal money in De Witt County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clinton, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mary E. MillerR-IL-15 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

De Witt County69100% of residents

Other cities and towns in De Witt County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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