Callie Furnace · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Glen Wilton commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Glen Wilton report 1 jobs for 40 working residents. Hardly any work in Glen Wilton; the top destination outside it is Roanoke (23%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Glen Wilton
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 27 people are in Glen Wilton on a workday afternoon, 59% 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 towns that employ Glen Wilton’s residents
Where Glen Wilton clocks in
23% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Glen Wilton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Glen Wilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Glen Wilton, by distance
About 21% 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 Glen Wilton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Glen Wilton?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Glen Wilton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke (23%, 34 mi), Fincastle (8%, 18 mi), Covington (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Wilton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Wilton
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.