With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Glenn Heights works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Glenn Heights itself; outside it, Dallas draws the most (35%, 18 miles). There are 1,008 jobs in Glenn Heights, and 7,985 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Glenn Heights B; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Glenn Heights apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Glenn Heights
63% of Glenn Heights residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 33% of the jobs based in Glenn Heights pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
54% of the jobs in Glenn Heights are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Glenn Heights is a place people come home to
There are 1,008 jobs based in Glenn Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Glenn Heights has about 13,000 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Glenn Heights has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Glenn Heights went from 625 in 2013 to 1,008 in 2023, +61%. The jobs ↓
One in three of Glenn Heights works in Dallas
2,790 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Dallas, 18 miles away. That’s 35 times as many as work in Glenn Heights itself. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Glenn Heights’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glenn Heights is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #258 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Glenn Heights’ grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glenn Heights could be anywhere from C to A.
The kinds of work in Glenn Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenn Heights, 2013 → 2023: 625 → 1,008. 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 Glenn Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Glenn Heights for work, and who comes in
On a workday 7,934 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 957 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Glenn Heights on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
The places Glenn Heights commutes to
Where Glenn Heights clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
How long Glenn Heights spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glenn Heights workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,996 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Where in the region Glenn Heights works
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.
Most trips from Glenn Heights start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glenn Heights is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #518 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,283 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 4.8% of Glenn Heights households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Glenn Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Glenn Heights is 1,060th among 1,860 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,058 | Northfield MN | 21,992 | $85K | 8.8% | 4.9% | 35% | B |
| 1,059 | South San Jose Hills CA | 16,911 | $95K | 11.6% | 8.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,060 | Glenn Heights TX | 20,327 | $82K | 13.0% | 5.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,061 | Little Rock Township IL | 14,921 | $87K | 11.1% | 4.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,062 | Eastlake OH | 17,357 | $62K | 8.4% | 4.1% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Glenn Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Around Glenn Heights: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to DeSoto (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glenn Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Heights | – | B | C− | 33 min | $81,718 |
| Ovilla | under 3% | A− | D | 32 min | $131,434 |
| Oak Leaf | under 3% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $131,806 |
| DeSoto | 3% | B | B | 31 min | $82,782 |
| Red Oak | under 3% | A− | C− | 27 min | $104,561 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glenn Heights’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 Glenn Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Glenn Heights?
$81,718 (±$15,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenn Heights?
13.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glenn Heights?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glenn Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (35%, 18 mi), Irving (5%, 22 mi), Fort Worth (5%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Glenn Heights walkable?
Glenn Heights is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glenn Heights without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glenn Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glenn Heights
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. 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.