Glen Haven has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Working residents average 23 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Employers in Glen Haven report 41 jobs for 141 working residents. Hardly any work in Glen Haven; the top destination outside it is Lancaster (18%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Glen Haven on a workday
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Glen Haven on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where people from Glen Haven work
Where Glen Haven clocks in
18% 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: 71% of the jobs in Glen Haven
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Haven, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 41. 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 Glen Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Glen Haven
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Haven workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Glen Haven
About 28% 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.
Next door to Glen Haven
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glen Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Haven | – | — | — | 23 min | $75,357 |
| Bloomington | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Cassville | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Beetown | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bloomington, Cassville and Beetown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glen Haven’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 Glen Haven: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Haven?
$75,357 (±$4,960) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Haven?
3.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Haven?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Haven work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (18%, 16 mi), Prairie du Chien (7%, 17 mi), Cassville (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glen Haven 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 Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Haven
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.