Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Gleneagle has higher household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Gleneagle are A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 4.0% of residents are in poverty, next to 9.4% for Colorado as a whole. Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers (Colorado 21%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Gleneagle
Much of Gleneagle works one town over
54% of working residents work in a town that borders Gleneagle: Colorado Springs (51%) and Monument (3%). Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Gleneagle
30% of Gleneagle workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Gleneagle
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gleneagle is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #17 of 159 in Colorado. Household income is its strongest input ($139,653, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gleneagle could be anywhere from A to A+.
The trip to work from Gleneagle: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gleneagle workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,147 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How a workday changes Gleneagle
On a workday 2,318 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 814 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Gleneagle on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
51% of working residents work in Colorado Springs
Where Gleneagle clocks in
51% of workers
8% 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.
69% of the jobs in Gleneagle pay over $3,333 a month
872 jobs are based in Gleneagle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gleneagle, 2013 → 2023: 750 → 872. 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 Gleneagle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Gleneagle commutes less than 14 miles
About 16% 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.
Gleneagle is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gleneagle is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #130 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,063 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Gleneagle households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gleneagle’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Gleneagle is 194th of 3,306 U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 150 | Evergreen CO | 8,602 | $150K | 3.3% | 1.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 192 | Allendale NJ | 7,116 | $160K | 3.7% | 4.1% | 7% | A+ |
| 193 | Sheffield OH | 4,757 | $108K | 1.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A+ |
| 194 | Gleneagle CO | 6,440 | $140K | 4.0% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 195 | Wollochet WA | 6,689 | $149K | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 196 | Orono MN | 8,301 | $174K | 6.2% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Gleneagle, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Next door is work for 54% of Gleneagle
The biggest share goes to Colorado Springs (51%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gleneagle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleneagle | – | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $139,653 |
| Colorado Springs | 51% | B | A− | 23 min | $84,818 |
| Monument | 3% | A− | B | 29 min | $128,816 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gleneagle’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 Gleneagle: questions
What is the median household income in Gleneagle?
$139,653 (±$17,784) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gleneagle?
4.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gleneagle?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gleneagle work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colorado Springs (51%, 12 mi), Denver (8%, 50 mi), Aurora (4%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gleneagle walkable?
Gleneagle is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gleneagle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gleneagle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gleneagle
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.