Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0About two in three of Cloverleaf Township’s working residents commute to Thief River Falls
Working residents average 28 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Hardly any work in Cloverleaf Township; the top destination outside it is Thief River Falls (63%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Cloverleaf Township by day
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Cloverleaf Township on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.14 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.
Where Cloverleaf Township’s working residents head each day
Where Cloverleaf Township clocks in
7% 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.
67% of the jobs in Cloverleaf Township make or build things
6 jobs are based in Cloverleaf Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cloverleaf Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 6. 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 Cloverleaf Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Cloverleaf Township takes 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 Cloverleaf Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Cloverleaf Township commutes less than 12 miles
About 21% 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.
The towns around Cloverleaf Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cloverleaf Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverleaf Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $65,750 |
| Goodridge Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Kratka Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Silverton Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Grand Plain Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Goodridge Township, Kratka Township, Silverton Township and Grand Plain Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cloverleaf 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 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 Cloverleaf Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cloverleaf Township?
$65,750 (±$26,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cloverleaf Township?
22.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cloverleaf Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cloverleaf Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Cloverleaf Township 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 Cloverleaf Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cloverleaf Township
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.