Photo: YonderStone · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Glencoe commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Glencoe report 821 jobs, against 2,064 working residents. The two grades for Glencoe are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 4% work in Glencoe itself; outside it, Gadsden draws the most (32%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Glencoe stands out on work
Glencoe and Gadsden trade workers both ways
Gadsden is the top workplace for Glencoe residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Glencoe come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Glencoe workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Glencoe’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glencoe is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #66 of 187 in Alabama. Unemployment holds Glencoe’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($68,517, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glencoe could be anywhere from C to A−.
The towns that employ Glencoe’s residents
Where Glencoe clocks in
32% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Glencoe takes 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 Glencoe workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,108 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% 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.
Who works in Glencoe, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,973 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Glencoe on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Jobs in Glencoe: what the 821 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glencoe, 2013 → 2023: 756 → 821. 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 Glencoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Glencoe works
About 25% 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.
In Glencoe, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glencoe is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #51 of 187 in Alabama. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.7% across Alabama, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,176 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). 6.0% of Glencoe households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Glencoe’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,919th of 3,541: where Glencoe ranks among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 220 | Argo AL | 4,376 | $105K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,917 | Odessa Township MI | 3,966 | $78K | 9.0% | 5.2% | 16% | B− |
| 1,918 | Ormond-by-the-Sea FL | 7,146 | $79K | 10.0% | 4.6% | 5% | B− |
| 1,919 | Glencoe AL | 5,426 | $69K | 10.6% | 3.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,920 | Prospect Park PA | 6,409 | $63K | 9.2% | 6.6% | 3% | B− |
| 1,921 | Bear Creek Township MI | 6,513 | $71K | 9.9% | 2.4% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Glencoe, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Glencoe and its neighbors: 34% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glencoe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe | – | B− | B− | 28 min | $68,517 |
| Gadsden | 32% | D | B− | 21 min | $40,345 |
| Hokes Bluff | under 2% | B− | D | 33 min | $74,968 |
| Southside | 2% | B+ | C− | 26 min | $76,487 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gadsden. Darker towns draw more of Glencoe’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 Glencoe: questions
What is the median household income in Glencoe?
$68,517 (±$8,138) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glencoe?
10.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glencoe?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glencoe work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gadsden (32%, 6 mi), Anniston (5%, 20 mi), Rainbow City (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Glencoe walkable?
Glencoe is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glencoe without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glencoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glencoe
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. 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.