Most of Glencoe commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Glencoe report 74 jobs for 200 working residents. Only 1% work in Glencoe; the top destination outside it is Winona (32%, 16 miles). Working residents average 21 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Glencoe and work: the main findings
The towns that employ Glencoe’s residents
Where Glencoe clocks in
32% 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 many people are in Glencoe by day
On a workday 198 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Glencoe on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 76% of the jobs in Glencoe
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glencoe, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 74. 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 Glencoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Glencoe’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glencoe workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far Glencoe goes to work
About 19% 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.
Around Glencoe: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Waumandee (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glencoe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe | – | — | — | 21 min | $77,000 |
| Arcadia | under 2% | B | B− | 18 min | $79,762 |
| Waumandee | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Cross | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Montana | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Waumandee, Cross and Montana: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glencoe’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 11% of Glencoe workers work outside Wisconsin. The job records count 38% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Glencoe: questions
What is the median household income in Glencoe?
$77,000 (±$21,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glencoe?
3.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glencoe?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glencoe work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winona (32%, 16 mi), La Crosse (5%, 36 mi), Arcadia (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glencoe 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 Glencoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glencoe
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.