Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Glendora has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Glendora has 8 jobs, and 32 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Glendora for work; outside it, Grenada is the main destination (19%, 28 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Glendora, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Glendora on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer 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.
Out of Glendora to work: where people go
Where Glendora clocks in
19% 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.
Glendora makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Glendora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Glendora
of Glendora workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 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 Glendora’s workers travel
About 41% 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 Glendora: questions
What is the median household income in Glendora?
$20,729 (±$10,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glendora?
78.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Glendora work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grenada (19%, 28 mi), Charleston (9%, 18 mi), Greenwood (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glendora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glendora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glendora
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.