For about half of its working residents, Glyndon is a commute to Fargo
Jobs and income earn Glyndon B+; getting around on foot earns it B. 10% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Only 2% work in Glyndon itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (48%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Glyndon
Nearly half of Glyndon works in Fargo
314 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Fargo, ND, 12 miles away. That’s 24 times as many as work in Glyndon itself. The commute map ↓
Many Glyndon workers cross into North Dakota
55% of Glyndon workers work outside Minnesota, most of them in North Dakota, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
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; with 648 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Glyndon earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Glyndon is better than 74% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Glyndon’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Glyndon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Glyndon could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where the trip to work from Glyndon ends
Where Glyndon clocks in
48% of workers
20% of workers
7% 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.
Who leaves Glyndon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 638 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Glyndon on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.36 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.
What the 233 jobs in Glyndon are
233 jobs are based in Glyndon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glyndon, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 233. 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 Glyndon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Glyndon, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glyndon workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 509 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% 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 far Glyndon goes to work
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.
In Glyndon, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glyndon is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 566 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 2.3% of Glyndon households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Glyndon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Glyndon ranks 858th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 856 | Smoke Rise AL | 1,471 | $86K | 5.5% | 8.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 857 | Green Valley SD | 1,642 | $82K | 1.0% | 5.5% | 0% | B+ |
| 858 | Glyndon MN | 1,393 | $95K | 8.0% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 859 | Kaw Township KS | 1,402 | $71K | 0.0% | 2.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 860 | Eagleswood Township NJ | 1,851 | $102K | 7.5% | 4.6% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Glyndon, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
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 Glyndon: questions
What is the median household income in Glyndon?
$95,313 (±$15,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glyndon?
8.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glyndon?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glyndon work?
2% work in town.
Is Glyndon walkable?
Glyndon is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glyndon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glyndon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glyndon
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.