Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, NV, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 3.2 jobs in Glendale for every working resident, and 318 people commute in
Only 5% work in Glendale itself; outside it, Orderville draws the most (29%, 6 miles). There are 323 jobs in Glendale, against 100 working residents. 10% of workers have no commute at all, where Utah as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Glendale by day
On a workday 95 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 560 people are in Glendale on a workday afternoon, 66% more than live here.
3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Glendale, and from where
Where Glendale clocks in
29% of workers
8% 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.
In Glendale, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glendale, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 323. 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 Glendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Glendale: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glendale workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% 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 Glendale works
About 45% 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 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 Glendale: questions
What is the median household income in Glendale?
$50,625 (±$44,344) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glendale?
41.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glendale?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glendale work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orderville (29%, 6 mi), Page (8%, 66 mi), Kanab (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glendale 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 Glendale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glendale
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.