Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Cloverdale’s household incomes are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 14.9% of residents, against 12.3% across Indiana. Cloverdale grades C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 7% stay in Cloverdale for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (23%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Cloverdale: the gist
Cloverdale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cloverdale is Indianapolis, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (212) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Cloverdale
61% of Cloverdale residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Cloverdale pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Cloverdale pay little
27% of the jobs based in Cloverdale pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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; with 937 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Cloverdale’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cloverdale is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Cloverdale’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($42,243, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cloverdale could be anywhere from D to B.
The distance from Cloverdale to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What the 834 jobs in Cloverdale are
834 jobs are based in Cloverdale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cloverdale, 2013 → 2023: 1,039 → 834. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cloverdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Cloverdale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 872 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 769 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Cloverdale’s residents
Where Cloverdale clocks in
23% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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.
How long Cloverdale spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cloverdale workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 972 commuters (the 3% 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.
Few in Cloverdale walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cloverdale is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,005 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). 7.1% of Cloverdale households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cloverdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cloverdale next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900: 4,176th of 5,404 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,174 | Eutaw AL | 2,640 | $27K | 40.1% | 2.2% | 22% | C− |
| 4,175 | Aragon GA | 1,523 | $68K | 25.4% | 14.4% | 1% | C− |
| 4,176 | Cloverdale IN | 2,174 | $42K | 14.9% | 5.2% | 7% | C− |
| 4,177 | Perry Township IN | 1,543 | $65K | 21.6% | 0.6% | 3% | C− |
| 4,178 | Nunda NY | 2,673 | $65K | 17.3% | 4.9% | 18% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Cloverdale: questions
What is the median household income in Cloverdale?
$42,243 (±$14,769) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cloverdale?
14.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cloverdale?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cloverdale work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (23%, 39 mi), Greencastle (16%, 9 mi), Plainfield (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cloverdale walkable?
Cloverdale is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cloverdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cloverdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cloverdale
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.