Work & commute · Cloverdale

Work & commute in Cloverdale, IN

Most working residents leave Cloverdale for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Greencastle (16%), Center (8%) and Plainfield (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 937 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 872 Cloverdale residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 769 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cloverdale.

872live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

769work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cloverdale goes to work

Greencastle8.7 mi away

16%154

Center39.2 mi away

8%73

Cloverdale (in town)right here

7%65

Plainfield25.6 mi away

5%50

Wayne33.4 mi away

5%45

Greencastle9.1 mi away

4%37

Pike37.4 mi away

3%31

Greenwood37.4 mi away

2%22

Terre Haute31 mi away

2%19

Perry35.9 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%422

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cloverdale commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

12%

46%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cloverdale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cloverdale are

834 jobs are based in Cloverdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cloverdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cloverdale

834 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Cloverdale residents hold

937 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−20%

Jobs based in Cloverdale, 2013 → 2023: 1,039 → 834. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.