Glen Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
23 jobs are based in Glen Park, against 144 working residents. Hardly any stay in Glen Park for work; outside it, Watertown is the main destination (35%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Glen Park, and who commutes in
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Glen Park on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Glen Park goes to work
Where Glen Park clocks in
Lines 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.
Jobs in Glen Park: what the 23 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Park, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 23. 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 Glen Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Glen Park: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Park workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 274 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Glen Park commutes less than 4 miles
About 25% 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.
22% of Glen Park works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Watertown (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glen Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Park | – | — | — | 15 min | $43,125 |
| Watertown | 13% | C | C | 24 min | $69,809 |
| Brownville | 6% | B− | D | 25 min | $88,071 |
| Pamelia | under 2% | B− | D | 19 min | $66,850 |
| Brownville | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Hounsfield | 3% | B | C | 25 min | $82,981 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brownville: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glen Park’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 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 Glen Park: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Park?
$43,125 (±$33,274) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Park?
41.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Park?
15 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (35%, 3 mi), Watertown (13%, 5 mi), Brownville (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glen Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Park
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.