Photo: Chris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Glenwood have lower incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Glenwood is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (B−). Poverty touches 38.8% of residents (Arkansas 16.0%). About one in four work in Glenwood; the top destination outside it is Hot Springs (10%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Glenwood: the gist
Glenwood is where the jobs are
Glenwood has 1,119 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Glenwood’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Glenwood is Hot Springs, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (64) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Glenwood workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Glenwood’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 14% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 623 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Glenwood’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Glenwood is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Glenwood’s grade.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Glenwood’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Glenwood stays D−.
A workday in Glenwood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 471 residents head out to work, 152 work right here, and 967 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Glenwood on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Glenwood
About 27% 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.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Glenwood
1,119 jobs are based in Glenwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenwood, 2014 → 2024: 852 → 1,119. 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 Glenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Glenwood: where workers come from
Where Glenwood clocks in
10% 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.
How long Glenwood spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glenwood workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 671 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% 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 of Glenwood commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Arkansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 687 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). 13.9% of Glenwood households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Glenwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Glenwood next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 221 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Salem AR | 2,642 | $74K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,418 | Miami AZ | 1,514 | $41K | 26.4% | 17.3% | 3% | D− |
| 5,419 | Brinkley AR | 2,468 | $39K | 25.7% | 16.7% | 28% | D− |
| 5,420 | Glenwood AR | 2,016 | $34K | 38.8% | 1.0% | 24% | D− |
| 5,421 | Van Buren ME | 1,985 | $40K | 23.0% | 0.3% | 32% | D− |
| 5,422 | Hillman Township MI | 2,151 | $43K | 24.4% | 3.7% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Glenwood, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
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 Glenwood: questions
What is the median household income in Glenwood?
$33,500 (±$20,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenwood?
38.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glenwood?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glenwood work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hot Springs (10%, 29 mi), Little Rock (4%, 72 mi), Piney (3%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Glenwood walkable?
Glenwood is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glenwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glenwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glenwood
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.