Pleasant Grove · Photo: Molly Cardenas · CC BY-SA 3.0Glenvar draws 2,209 commuters a day, with 5.6 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Glenvar itself; outside it, Roanoke draws the most (23%, 9 miles). 2,222 jobs are based in Glenvar, and 395 of its residents work somewhere. Poverty touches 17.0% of residents, next to 9.9% for Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Glenvar: the figures worth knowing
Glenvar fills up on a workday
Glenvar has 2,222 jobs, 5.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,700 people are in town, 3 times the 830 who live here. Day and night ↓
Glenvar and Roanoke trade workers both ways
Roanoke is the top workplace for Glenvar residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Glenvar come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Glenvar workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 395 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Glenvar
On a workday 382 residents head out to work and 13 work right here.
About 2,700 people are in Glenvar on a workday afternoon, 220% more 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.
Where Glenvar’s workforce comes from
Where Glenvar clocks in
23% of workers
18% 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.
Working from home in Glenvar
of Glenvar workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 197 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% 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.
72% of the jobs in Glenvar pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenvar, 2013 → 2023: 1,718 → 2,222. 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 Glenvar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Glenvar
About 17% 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.
Work next door: 18% of Glenvar’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Salem. Darker towns draw more of Glenvar’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 Glenvar: questions
What is the median household income in Glenvar?
$49,083 (±$34,043) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenvar?
17.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Glenvar work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke (23%, 9 mi), Salem (18%, 4 mi), Hollins (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glenvar without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glenvar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glenvar
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.