More than half of Cloverleaf’s working residents commute to Houston
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). The two grades for Cloverleaf are C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Cloverleaf is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cloverleaf at work: what stands out
More than half of Cloverleaf works in Houston
4,166 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Houston, 13 miles away across the town line. That’s 52 times as many as work in Cloverleaf itself. The commute map ↓
Cloverleaf is a place people come home to
There are 923 jobs based in Cloverleaf, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cloverleaf has about 17,000 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A young workforce
30% of Cloverleaf’s working residents are 29 or younger. 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.
What’s behind Cloverleaf’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cloverleaf is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #440 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Cloverleaf’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cloverleaf could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Where Cloverleaf’s working residents head each day
Where Cloverleaf clocks in
52% 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 daily commute in and out of Cloverleaf
On a workday 7,937 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 868 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Cloverleaf on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
What work there is in Cloverleaf: 923 jobs
923 jobs are based in Cloverleaf.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cloverleaf, 2013 → 2023: 1,058 → 923. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Cloverleaf, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cloverleaf workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,085 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 Cloverleaf goes 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.
In Cloverleaf, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cloverleaf is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #87 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,516 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 22% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Cloverleaf households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Cloverleaf’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cloverleaf is 1,330th among 1,577 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 6 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,328 | Ferguson MO | 17,953 | $48K | 24.2% | 5.9% | 3% | C |
| 1,329 | Shelby NC | 23,309 | $48K | 17.6% | 3.6% | 23% | C |
| 1,330 | Cloverleaf TX | 24,063 | $55K | 24.0% | 7.5% | 1% | C |
| 1,331 | Marquette MI | 21,944 | $56K | 22.4% | 4.3% | 56% | C |
| 1,332 | Ottumwa IA | 25,319 | $61K | 17.2% | 4.6% | 49% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Cloverleaf, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 52% of Cloverleaf’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cloverleaf workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverleaf | – | C | B+ | 29 min | $54,994 |
| Houston | 52% | C+ | A | 27 min | $64,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Houston. Darker towns draw more of Cloverleaf’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: questions
What is the median household income in Cloverleaf?
$54,994 (±$3,974) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cloverleaf?
24.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cloverleaf?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cloverleaf work?
1% work in town.
Is Cloverleaf walkable?
Cloverleaf is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cloverleaf without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cloverleaf, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cloverleaf
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.