Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Glen Hope has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Glen Hope report 19 jobs, against 43 working residents. Hardly any stay in Glen Hope for work; outside it, Lawrence Township is the main destination (14%, 20 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Glen Hope
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Glen Hope on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Glen Hope goes to work
Where Glen Hope clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 53% of the jobs in Glen Hope
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Hope, 2014 → 2024: 81 → 19. 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 Glen Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Glen Hope
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Hope workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Glen Hope works
About 26% 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.
Next door to Glen Hope
The biggest share goes to Bigler Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glen Hope workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hope | – | — | — | 28 min | $68,750 |
| Beccaria Township | under 5% | C− | D | 37 min | $59,896 |
| Bigler Township | 5% | C− | C+ | 29 min | $60,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glen Hope’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 Glen Hope: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Hope?
$68,750 (±$37,229) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Hope?
5.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Hope?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Hope work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence Township (14%, 20 mi), Clearfield (7%, 15 mi), Woodward Township (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Glen Hope 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 Glen Hope, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Hope
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.