Earning a living in Glenville
74% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across North Carolina. Only 4% stay in Glenville for work; outside it, Cashiers is the main destination (19%, 4 miles). 43 jobs are based in Glenville; 53 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Glenville on a workday
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 41 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 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 Glenville’s working residents head each day
Where Glenville clocks in
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.
Glenville makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenville, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 43. 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 Glenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Glenville
of Glenville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 74% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 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.
How far it is to work from Glenville
About 18% 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 Glenville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Glenville?
28.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Glenville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cashiers (19%, 4 mi), Asheville (8%, 42 mi), Highlands (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glenville 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 Glenville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glenville
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.