Most of Cloverdale commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% work in Cloverdale; the top destination outside it is Portland (14%, 64 miles). Cloverdale has 42 jobs, and 83 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Cloverdale for work, and who comes in
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Cloverdale on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Cloverdale’s residents
Where Cloverdale clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
What Cloverdale’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cloverdale, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 42. 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.
Working from home in Cloverdale
of Cloverdale workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 79 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Cloverdale, by distance
About 42% 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.
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?
$101,625 (±$45,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cloverdale?
0.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cloverdale work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (14%, 64 mi), Pacific City (8%, 3 mi), Lincoln City (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cloverdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% 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.