Glenburn has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute from Glenburn lasts 23 minutes (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Employers in Glenburn report 84 jobs; 156 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Glenburn; the top destination outside it is Minot (21%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Glenburn
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Glenburn on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 the trip to work from Glenburn ends
Where Glenburn clocks in
8% 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.
In Glenburn, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenburn, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 84. 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 Glenburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Glenburn
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glenburn workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 246 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 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 Glenburn goes to work
About 40% 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 Glenburn: questions
What is the median household income in Glenburn?
$80,000 (±$11,002) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenburn?
3.7%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glenburn?
23 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glenburn work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minot (21%, 19 mi), Mohall (13%, 22 mi), Bismarck (8%, 119 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glenburn 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 Glenburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glenburn
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.