Most of Glenwood commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Glenwood for work; outside it, Marion is the main destination (19%, 4 miles). 39 jobs are based in Glenwood, and 208 of its residents work somewhere. 14% of workers work from home, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Glenwood: the figures worth knowing
Who commutes out of Glenwood, and who commutes in
On a workday 208 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 57 people are in Glenwood on a workday afternoon, 75% 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.
Where Glenwood’s working residents head each day
Where Glenwood clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Glenwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenwood, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 39. 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 Glenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Glenwood
of Glenwood workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 commuters (the 14% 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 many miles Glenwood commutes
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 Glenwood: questions
What is the median household income in Glenwood?
$120,694 (±$31,663) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenwood?
0.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Glenwood work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (19%, 4 mi), Charlotte (9%, 71 mi), Asheville (8%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glenwood 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 Glenwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glenwood
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.