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Clover center; Clover, VA; 2013-07-14Photo: Emw · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jobs & commute in Clover

Clover has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

3 jobs are based in Clover; 144 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Clover itself; outside it, Halifax draws the most (13%, 13 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole.

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

Day and night

In and out of Clover on a workday

On a workday 144 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

144live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night700
Workday560
700live here− 140head out to work+ 3come in to work= 560on a workday

About 560 people are in Clover on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs 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

Where people from Clover work

Oxford: 3 residents work here (2%)Halifax: 18 residents work here (13%)Altavista: 2 residents work here (1%)Farmville: 2 residents work here (1%)South Boston: 15 residents work here (10%)Harrisonburg: 2 residents work here (1%)Blacksburg: 2 residents work here (1%)Danville: 5 residents work here (3%)Lynchburg: 5 residents work here (3%)CloverRiverdale: 12 residents work here (8%)HalifaxSouth BostonRiverdaleDanvilleLynchburgOxfordClover
1
Halifax12.7 mi away
13%18
2
South Boston13.8 mi away
10%15
3
Riverdale14.8 mi away
8%12
4
Danville42.1 mi away
3%5
5
Lynchburg47.1 mi away
3%5
6
Oxford, NC36.2 mi away
2%3
7
Altavista37.1 mi away
1%2
8
Farmville36.3 mi away
1%2
9
Harrisonburg111 mi away
1%2
10
Blacksburg98.2 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%78
The top trips

Where Clover 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

In Clover, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in CloverJobs Clover residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%28%
Services: health, schools, offices100%45%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%38%
Over $3,333 a month0%50%

Who does it

29 or younger0%15%
30 to 54100%49%
55 and older0%37%
−95%

Jobs based in Clover, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 3. 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 Clover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Clover: about 24 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
182 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Clover24 min
Virginia27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Clover workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Clover gets to work
69%Drive alone
17%Carpool
14%Other

Share of the 223 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% 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.

How far

How far Clover goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHalifax: 13% · 12.7 miSouth Boston: 10% · 13.8 miRiverdale: 8% · 14.8 miDanville: 3% · 42.1 miLynchburg: 3% · 47.1 miOxford: 2% · 36.2 miAltavista: 1% · 37.1 miFarmville: 1% · 36.3 miHarrisonburg: 1% · 111 miBlacksburg: 1% · 98.2 miHalifax 13%South Boston 10%Riverdale 8%Danville 3%Lynchburg 3%Clover
CloverTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi5 residents
38%10–24 mi54 residents
20%25–50 mi28 residents
39%Over 50 mi55 residents

About 39% 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.

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 Clover: questions

What is the median household income in Clover?

$52,577 (±$24,633) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clover?

30.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Clover?

24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Clover work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Halifax (13%, 13 mi), South Boston (10%, 14 mi), Riverdale (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Clover without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Clover

Clover 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.