Clinton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 9,416 people and two associated neighborhoods, Clinton is the 87th largest community in Missouri.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Clinton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Clinton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Clinton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Clinton may be for you.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.33 minutes getting to work every day.

Clinton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of adults in Clinton with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.79% of adults in Clinton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Clinton in 2022 was $27,184, which is middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,736 for a family of four. However, Clinton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clinton include German, English, Irish, European, and French.

The most common language spoken in Clinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Spanish.