Work & commute · Clever

Work & commute in Clever, MO

Most working residents leave Clever for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (46%), Republic (6%) and Ozark (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 1,370 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,308 Clever residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clever.

1,308live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

347work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clever goes to work

Springfield15 mi away

46%632

Republic10 mi away

6%85

Clever (in town)right here

5%62

Ozark13.9 mi away

4%50

Nixa9.7 mi away

3%42

Branson29.8 mi away

2%23

Kansas City156.1 mi away

2%21

Aurora14.4 mi away

1%20

Joplin56.9 mi away

1%19

Lebanon62.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%404

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

How far

How far Clever commutes

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

18%

62%

13%

18%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clever is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clever are

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

Jobs based in Clever

409 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Clever residents hold

1,370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+34%

Jobs based in Clever, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 409. 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.