More than half of Glenwood’s working residents commute to Kearney
Home is the office for 6% of workers; Nebraska has 11%. Commuters spend 14 minutes getting to work on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. There are 37 jobs in Glenwood, against 226 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Glenwood stands out on work
More than half of Glenwood works in Kearney
127 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Kearney, 3.7 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Glenwood itself. The commute map ↓
Glenwood is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Glenwood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Glenwood has about 460 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Glenwood residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 226 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Glenwood’s residents
Where Glenwood clocks in
56% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Glenwood on a workday afternoon
On a workday 226 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Glenwood on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.16 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where in the region Glenwood works
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Glenwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenwood, 2014 → 2024: 121 → 37. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Glenwood, about 14 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glenwood workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 343 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 86% 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.
Work next door: 56% of Glenwood’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Kearney. Darker towns draw more of Glenwood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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?
$143,098 (±$112,694) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenwood?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glenwood?
14 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glenwood work?
0% work in town.
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), 2024, 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.