Herbster Community Center · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Clover works elsewhere
Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; the Wisconsin average is 22, the U.S. 26. Clover has 39 jobs, against 94 working residents. Only 4% work in Clover itself; outside it, Superior draws the most (12%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Clover, and who commutes in
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Clover on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Commuting out of Clover: the destinations
Where Clover clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
In Clover, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clover, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 39. 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.
The trip to work from Clover: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clover workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
The distance from Clover to work
About 27% 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 to Clover
The biggest share goes to Port Wing (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clover workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover | – | — | — | 28 min | $53,125 |
| Bell | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Port Wing | 7% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Washburn | under 4% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bell and Port Wing: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Washburn: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clover’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 Clover: questions
What is the median household income in Clover?
$53,125 (±$30,822) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clover?
16.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clover?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clover work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (12%, 41 mi), Duluth (11%, 44 mi), Iron River (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clover 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 Clover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clover
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.