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Jobs & commute in Cloverland

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Cloverland works elsewhere

A typical one-way commute lasts 13 minutes, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. 22 jobs are based in Cloverland, against 119 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cloverland for work; outside it, Terre Haute is the main destination (19%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Cloverland

On a workday 119 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.

119live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night400
Workday300
400live here− 120head out to work+ 22come in to work= 300on a workday

About 300 people are in Cloverland on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The places Cloverland commutes to

JolietCarlisleHarmony: 2 residents work here (2%)Knightsville: 7 residents work here (6%)BloomfieldBrazil: 17 residents work here (14%)Greencastle: 9 residents work here (8%)Danville: 2 residents work here (2%)Terre Haute: 23 residents work here (19%)Greencastle Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Lost Creek TownshipNevins TownshipJackson TownshipPosey Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Van Buren Township: 13 residents work here (11%)Otter Creek TownshipIndianapolis: 7 residents work here (6%)CloverlandNorth Terre HauteTerre HauteBrazilVan Buren TownshipGreencastleKnightsvilleIndianapolisCloverland
1
Terre Haute8.5 mi away
19%23
2
Brazil5.5 mi away
14%17
311%13
4
Greencastle22.3 mi away
8%9
5
Knightsville7.4 mi away
6%7
6
Indianapolis60.5 mi away
6%7
73%3
8
Posey Township3.1 mi away
3%3
9
Harmony8.4 mi away
2%2
10
Danville42.7 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%33
The top trips

Where Cloverland clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Factories, building and farms: 91% of the jobs in Cloverland

Jobs based in CloverlandJobs Cloverland residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms91%28%
Trade, transport & utilities9%18%
Services: health, schools, offices0%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%26%
Over $3,333 a month50%60%

Who does it

29 or younger27%21%
30 to 5450%48%
55 and older23%31%
−41%

Jobs based in Cloverland, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 22. 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 Cloverland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 13 minutes each way for Cloverland’s commuters

A year of commuting
103 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Cloverland13 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
16%

of Cloverland workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Cloverland gets to work
45%Drive alone
55%Carpool

Share of the 229 commuters (the 15% 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Cloverland

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miTerre Haute: 19% · 8.5 miBrazil: 14% · 5.5 miVan Buren Township: 11% · 9.7 miGreencastle: 8% · 22.3 miKnightsville: 6% · 7.4 miIndianapolis: 6% · 60.5 miGreencastle Township: 3% · 22.4 miPosey Township: 3% · 3.1 miHarmony: 2% · 8.4 miDanville: 2% · 42.7 miTerre Haute 19%Brazil 14%Van Buren Township 11%Greencastle 8%Knightsville 6%Cloverland
CloverlandTop destinations (size = commuters)
53%Under 10 mi63 residents
18%10–24 mi21 residents
7%25–50 mi8 residents
23%Over 50 mi27 residents

About 23% 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.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Cloverland

Lost Creek Township: few work hereLost Creek TownshipCloverland
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownCloverland workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Cloverland–——13 min$72,865
Lost Creek Townshipunder 2%BB19 min$67,471

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Cloverland’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cloverland: questions

What is the median household income in Cloverland?

$72,865 (±$36,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Cloverland?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Cloverland?

13 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Cloverland work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (19%, 8 mi), Brazil (14%, 6 mi), Van Buren Township (11%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Cloverland without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Cloverland, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Cloverland

Cloverland home →

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.