Photo: Smallboy944 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Glencoe works elsewhere
Glencoe has 68 jobs, against 233 working residents. Hardly any stay in Glencoe for work; outside it, Stillwater is the main destination (43%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Oklahoma 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Glencoe
43% of Glencoe works in Stillwater
101 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Stillwater, 11 miles away. That’s 43 times as many as work in Glencoe itself. The commute map ↓
Glencoe is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Glencoe, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Glencoe has about 350 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 233 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Glencoe: the destinations
Where Glencoe clocks in
43% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
A workday in Glencoe: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Glencoe on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
How far Glencoe goes to work
About 34% 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 Glencoe’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glencoe, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 68. 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 Glencoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Glencoe’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glencoe workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 161 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 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.
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 Glencoe: questions
What is the median household income in Glencoe?
$49,821 (±$15,499) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glencoe?
31.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glencoe?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glencoe work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stillwater (43%, 11 mi), Oklahoma City (12%, 62 mi), Tulsa (6%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glencoe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glencoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glencoe
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.