Photo: Aaron T Harris · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of Clovis’ working residents commute to Fresno
Jobs & income B+: better than 69% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #305 of 847 in California.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns · #587 of 847 in California.
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Clovis; the top destination outside it is Fresno (47%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Clovis, in brief
Clovis and Fresno trade workers both ways
Fresno is the top workplace for Clovis residents (47%) and also where the most people who work in Clovis come from (38% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Clovis residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Clovis has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clovis went from 26,330 in 2013 to 36,432 in 2023, +38%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Clovis are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Clovis’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clovis is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #305 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Clovis’ grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clovis could be anywhere from B to A−.
47% of working residents work in Fresno
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Clovis clocks in
47% of workers
2% of workers
1% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Clovis commutes less than 8 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 36,432 jobs in Clovis are
36,432 jobs are based in Clovis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clovis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clovis, 2013 → 2023: 26,330 → 36,432. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clovis workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49,402 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Clovis quiets down on a workday
On a workday 42,266 residents head out to work, 8,811 work right here, and 27,621 people come in from elsewhere.
About 115,000 people are in Clovis on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Most trips from Clovis start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clovis is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #587 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 55,964 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Clovis households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clovis’ commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Clovis is 114th of 293 U.S. towns of 91,000 to 175,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Clovis, the top three, the last and three more from California.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 2 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 3 | Fishers IN | 104,812 | $130K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Berkeley CA | 121,911 | $108K | 17.3% | 5.6% | 21% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Sunnyvale CA | 156,577 | $186K | 5.8% | 4.5% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | San Mateo CA | 103,337 | $154K | 8.2% | 4.6% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Rochester MN | 124,292 | $89K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 76% | B+ |
| 113 | Downey CA | 108,468 | $91K | 9.0% | 5.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 114 | Clovis CA | 129,347 | $99K | 8.0% | 5.6% | 17% | B+ |
| 115 | Oceanside CA | 170,483 | $98K | 8.3% | 5.3% | 18% | B+ |
| 116 | West Covina CA | 105,301 | $101K | 10.0% | 6.5% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 293 | Macon-Bibb County GA | 157,556 | $51K | 24.7% | 8.1% | 53% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
47% of Clovis works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Fresno (47%). Darker towns draw more of Clovis’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clovis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clovis | – | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $99,241 |
| Fresno | 47% | C | A− | 22 min | $70,991 |
| Tarpey Village | under 1% | C+ | B− | 20 min | $90,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Clovis: questions
What is the median household income in Clovis?
$99,241 (±$3,165) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clovis?
8.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clovis?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clovis work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (47%, 7 mi), Visalia (2%, 40 mi), Madera (1%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clovis walkable?
Clovis is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clovis without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clovis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clovis
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.