With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Glasgow works elsewhere
35% of workers have no commute at all, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole. There are 89 jobs in Glasgow for 214 working residents. Hardly any stay in Glasgow for work; outside it, Coos Bay is the main destination (32%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Glasgow in brief
Glasgow and Coos Bay trade workers both ways
Coos Bay is the top workplace for Glasgow residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Glasgow come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Glasgow works from home
35% of Glasgow workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon. Time on the road ↓
Most Glasgow residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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 214 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Glasgow: the destinations
Where Glasgow clocks in
32% of workers
17% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from Glasgow: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glasgow workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Glasgow to work
About 27% 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.
How many people are in Glasgow by day
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Glasgow on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Glasgow
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glasgow, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 89. 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 Glasgow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Glasgow: questions
What is the median household income in Glasgow?
$91,047 (±$33,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glasgow?
10.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glasgow?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glasgow work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coos Bay (32%, 4 mi), North Bend (17%, 3 mi), Roseburg (3%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glasgow 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 Glasgow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glasgow
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.