US Post Office-Scotia Station · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Glenville have higher incomes than those in 76% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Glenville itself; outside it, Albany draws the most (14%, 18 miles). Below the poverty line: 4.6% of residents, against 14.0% across New York. Jobs and income earn Glenville A−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Glenville: the gist
Where Glenville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glenville is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #196 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Glenville’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glenville could be anywhere from B+ to A.
About 24 minutes each way for Glenville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glenville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,084 commuters (the 15% 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.
In and out of Glenville on a workday
On a workday 12,491 residents head out to work, 1,439 work right here, and 7,197 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Glenville on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
The towns that employ Glenville’s residents
Where Glenville clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Glenville
8,636 jobs are based in Glenville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenville, 2014 → 2024: 8,205 → 8,636. 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 Glenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Glenville’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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.
Few in Glenville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glenville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #331 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,202 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 50% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.2% of Glenville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Glenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Glenville next to U.S. towns of 21,000 to 40,000: 534th of 1,366 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 9% | A+ |
| 50 | Clifton Park NY | 37,775 | $133K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 532 | Laguna Hills CA | 30,020 | $129K | 7.8% | 6.2% | 5% | A− |
| 533 | Greenfield WI | 37,159 | $70K | 8.6% | 2.5% | 6% | A− |
| 534 | Glenville NY | 29,701 | $98K | 4.6% | 4.7% | 10% | A− |
| 535 | Hunters Creek FL | 22,819 | $99K | 7.0% | 4.7% | 3% | A− |
| 536 | Culver City CA | 39,452 | $117K | 7.5% | 6.6% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,366 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 16% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Glenville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 24% of Glenville’s workers
The biggest share goes to Schenectady (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenville | – | A− | B+ | 24 min | $98,423 |
| Rotterdam | 3% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $86,331 |
| Charlton | under 3% | A | D | 31 min | $106,801 |
| Niskayuna | 5% | A | A− | 21 min | $137,349 |
| Amsterdam | under 3% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $83,989 |
| Schenectady | 13% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $58,399 |
| Ballston | 3% | A | B | 27 min | $116,161 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glenville’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 Glenville: questions
What is the median household income in Glenville?
$98,423 (±$5,463) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenville?
4.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glenville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glenville work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (14%, 18 mi), Schenectady (13%, 7 mi), Colonie (11%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Glenville walkable?
Glenville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glenville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.