Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Jobs and earnings in Glen Allan, and the trip to work
Hardly any work in Glen Allan itself; outside it, Greenville draws the most (30%, 25 miles). The average commute takes 13 minutes each way (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26). 70 jobs are based in Glen Allan, against 97 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Glen Allan on a workday
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 70 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.
0.72 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.
Where people from Glen Allan work
Where Glen Allan clocks in
30% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Glen Allan: what the 70 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Allan, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 70. 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 Allan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Glen Allan spends getting to work: about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Allan workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 103 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% 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.
How far Glen Allan’s workers travel
About 38% 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 Allan: questions
What is the poverty rate in Glen Allan?
76.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Allan?
13 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Allan work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (30%, 25 mi), Cleveland (6%, 52 mi), Memphis (5%, 156 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glen Allan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Allan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Allan
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.