Jobs and the daily commute in Glen Allen
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. Only 3% stay in Glen Allen for work; outside it, Jackson is the main destination (9%, 21 miles). 41 jobs are based in Glen Allen for 34 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Glen Allen: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 73 people are in Glen Allen on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 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.
Where the trip to work from Glen Allen ends
Where Glen Allen clocks in
9% 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.
Glen Allen is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Allen, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 41. 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 Allen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Glen Allen
of Glen Allen workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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 Allen works
About 26% 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 Allen: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Allen?
$43,125 (±$28,289) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Allen?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Glen Allen work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (9%, 21 mi), Cape Girardeau (9%, 26 mi), Marble Hill (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glen Allen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Allen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Allen
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.