E. W. Norris Service Station · Photo: ExploreNCKS · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Glen Elder
A typical one-way commute from Glen Elder lasts 10 minutes (Kansas 20, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Glen Elder; the top destination outside it is Beloit (20%, 11 miles). 19% of workers work from home (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Glen Elder for work, and who comes in
On a workday 142 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Glen Elder on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Out of Glen Elder to work: where people go
Where Glen Elder clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Glen Elder
91 jobs are based in Glen Elder.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Elder, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 91. 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 Elder’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Glen Elder, about 10 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Elder workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 229 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% 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.
The commute from Glen Elder, by distance
About 36% 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.
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 Elder: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Elder?
$79,250 (±$33,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Elder?
2.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Elder?
10 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Elder work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beloit (20%, 11 mi), Cawker City (7%, 7 mi), Manhattan (6%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glen Elder without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Elder, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Elder
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.