Glen Ridge has 2.6 jobs for every working resident: 301 people commute in to work
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; Florida averages 28, the U.S. 26. 302 jobs are based in Glen Ridge, and 115 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Glen Ridge; the top destination outside it is West Palm Beach (17%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Glen Ridge
On a workday 114 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 400 people are in Glen Ridge on a workday afternoon, 86% more 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.
Who travels to work in Glen Ridge, and from where
Where Glen Ridge clocks in
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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Glen Ridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 302. 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 Glen Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Glen Ridge spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Glen Ridge works
About 15% 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.
Glen Ridge and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Cloud Lake (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glen Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Ridge | – | — | — | 22 min | $128,125 |
| Cloud Lake | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cloud Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glen Ridge’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 Glen Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Ridge?
$128,125 (±$40,343) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Ridge?
10.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Ridge?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Ridge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (17%, 6 mi), Delray Beach (5%, 15 mi), Palm Beach (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glen Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Ridge
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.