Household incomes in Gladeview trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Gladeview C; getting around on foot earns it A+. Poverty touches 27.5% of residents, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. 8% of workers work from home; Florida has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Gladeview apart on work
Most Gladeview residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Gladeview and Miami trade workers both ways
Miami is the top workplace for Gladeview residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Gladeview come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Gladeview are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Gladeview workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Gladeview’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 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 Gladeview
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gladeview is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #530 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Gladeview’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gladeview could be anywhere from C− to B−.
How far it is to work from Gladeview
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.
27% of working residents work in Miami
Where Gladeview clocks in
27% of workers
5% 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.
Gladeview makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
4,285 jobs are based in Gladeview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gladeview, 2013 → 2023: 3,299 → 4,285. 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 Gladeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Gladeview
On a workday 5,576 residents head out to work, 108 work right here, and 4,177 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Gladeview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gladeview workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,554 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
Gladeview is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,094 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 70% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 20.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 18.9% of Gladeview households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Gladeview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Gladeview is 1,563rd among 1,888 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,561 | Defiance Township OH | 13,305 | $66K | 16.1% | 5.3% | 22% | C |
| 1,562 | Uvalde TX | 15,455 | $51K | 23.9% | 1.4% | 38% | C |
| 1,563 | Gladeview FL | 16,655 | $47K | 27.5% | 6.3% | 2% | C |
| 1,564 | Hayesville OR | 21,246 | $59K | 23.7% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 1,565 | Elkton MD | 16,670 | $59K | 20.1% | 6.9% | 16% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Gladeview, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Gladeview and its neighbors: 27% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gladeview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gladeview | – | C | A+ | 28 min | $47,469 |
| Miami | 27% | C+ | A+ | 27 min | $62,462 |
| Brownsville | under 2% | C− | A+ | 31 min | $40,795 |
| West Little River | under 2% | C | A+ | 31 min | $56,436 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Miami. Darker towns draw more of Gladeview’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 Gladeview: questions
What is the median household income in Gladeview?
$47,469 (±$7,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gladeview?
27.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gladeview?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gladeview work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (27%, 5 mi), Hialeah (5%, 5 mi), Miami Beach (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gladeview walkable?
Gladeview is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gladeview without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. 70% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gladeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gladeview
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.