Work & commute · Cloverdale

Work & commute in Cloverdale, VA

Most working residents leave Cloverdale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (30%), Salem (8%) and Hollins (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,437 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,409 Cloverdale residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 1,458 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cloverdale.

1,409live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

1,458work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cloverdale goes to work

Roanoke5.9 mi away

30%424

Salem9.7 mi away

8%117

Hollins3.1 mi away

8%114

Daleville4.7 mi away

5%70

Fincastle10.6 mi away

4%53

Cave Spring10.4 mi away

3%47

Cloverdale (in town)right here

2%28

Lynchburg38.7 mi away

2%24

Glenvar13.6 mi away

2%22

Vinton5.1 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%517

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.

64%

14%

64%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cloverdale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cloverdale are

1,486 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

1,486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Cloverdale residents hold

1,437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−20%

Jobs based in Cloverdale, 2013 → 2023: 1,861 → 1,486. 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.