With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Cloverland works elsewhere
The two grades for Cloverland are C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Employers in Cloverland report 138 jobs; 445 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Cloverland itself; outside it, Eagle River draws the most (25%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cloverland and work: the main findings
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cloverland
On income, poverty and job access, Cloverland is better than 42% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cloverland’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Cloverland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cloverland could be anywhere from C to B.
How far it is to work from Cloverland
About 38% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How many people are in Cloverland by day
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Cloverland on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Cloverland: the destinations
Where Cloverland clocks in
25% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Cloverland: what the 138 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cloverland, 2014 → 2024: 54 → 138. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cloverland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes to work from Cloverland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cloverland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 19% 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.
Most trips from Cloverland start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cloverland is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cloverland near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 595 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Cloverland households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cloverland’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,562nd of 3,771: where Cloverland ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,560 | Gilmore Township MI | 1,352 | $81K | 7.5% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,561 | Berkshire NY | 1,460 | $75K | 9.6% | 7.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,562 | Cloverland WI | 1,092 | $63K | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,563 | Shreve OH | 1,495 | $66K | 10.3% | 1.7% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,564 | Ilwaco WA | 1,112 | $98K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Cloverland, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
11% of Cloverland works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Lincoln (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cloverland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverland | – | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $62,917 |
| Lincoln | 5% | B− | A− | 21 min | $77,500 |
| Plum Lake | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| St. Germain | 4% | C− | C | 18 min | $62,875 |
| Sugar Camp | 2% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $79,250 |
| Conover | under 2% | C− | B− | 24 min | $61,786 |
Same-state neighbors only. Plum Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cloverland’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 2024, 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 Cloverland: questions
What is the median household income in Cloverland?
$62,917 (±$16,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cloverland?
2.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cloverland?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cloverland work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eagle River (25%, 5 mi), Lincoln (5%, 6 mi), Rhinelander (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cloverland walkable?
Cloverland is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cloverland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cloverland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cloverland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.