Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Cloverdale Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
804 jobs are based in Cloverdale Township for 1,680 working residents. Cloverdale Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 8% stay in Cloverdale Township for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (19%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cloverdale Township stands out on work
What’s behind Cloverdale Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cloverdale Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #413 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Cloverdale Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($66,277, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cloverdale Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The commute from Cloverdale Township, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Cloverdale Township
On a workday 1,546 residents head out to work, 134 work right here, and 670 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Cloverdale Township on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Cloverdale Township to work: where people go
Where Cloverdale Township clocks in
19% of workers
16% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Cloverdale Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cloverdale Township, 2014 → 2024: 771 → 804. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cloverdale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cloverdale Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cloverdale Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,648 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Cloverdale Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cloverdale Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #204 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,776 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Cloverdale Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cloverdale Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cloverdale Township next to U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500: 2,496th of 4,023 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 82 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,494 | Colon Township MI | 3,336 | $66K | 9.2% | 3.5% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,495 | Portage Township MI | 3,234 | $67K | 8.6% | 3.2% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,496 | Cloverdale Township IN | 4,084 | $66K | 10.6% | 4.0% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,497 | Big Rapids Township MI | 4,096 | $64K | 20.0% | 2.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,498 | Newfield NY | 4,832 | $74K | 8.9% | 5.1% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cloverdale Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Cloverdale Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Warren Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cloverdale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverdale Township | – | C+ | B | 28 min | $66,277 |
| Warren Township | 2% | A− | C | 23 min | $103,548 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $58,594 |
| Ashland Township | under 2% | A− | D | 38 min | $88,750 |
| Jennings Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 58 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A− | D | 38 min | $84,179 |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 55 min | $54,896 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jennings Township and Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cloverdale Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Cloverdale Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cloverdale Township?
$66,277 (±$9,460) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cloverdale Township?
10.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cloverdale Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cloverdale Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (19%, 40 mi), Greencastle (16%, 11 mi), Cloverdale (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cloverdale Township walkable?
Cloverdale Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cloverdale Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cloverdale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cloverdale Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.