Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Household incomes in Glenville trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Glenville is better than 2% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (B+). 23.7% of residents live below the poverty line, against 16.7% across West Virginia. About one in three work in Glenville; the top destination outside it is Bridgeport (3%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Glenville stands out on work
Glenville is where the jobs are
Glenville has 1,040 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,700 people are in town, 58% more than the 1,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Glenville are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across West Virginia. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical West Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 435 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Glenville
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Glenville’s grade.
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Glenville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Glenville could be anywhere from D− to D.
Glenville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 277 residents head out to work, 158 work right here, and 882 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Glenville on a workday afternoon, 58% more than live here.
2.4 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 20 minutes each way for Glenville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glenville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across West Virginia: 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.
Where the people who work in Glenville live
Where Glenville clocks in
3% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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 Glenville, services account for most jobs
1,040 jobs are based in Glenville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenville, 2014 → 2024: 1,184 → 1,040. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Glenville to work
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Glenville gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.5% across West Virginia, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 416 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.6% of Glenville households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Glenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Glenville compares with U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 374 | Belle WV | 1,088 | $77K | 3.3% | 10.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 481 | Barrackville WV | 1,196 | $79K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 630 | Shenandoah Junction WV | 1,141 | $95K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,990 | Briggs OK | 1,131 | $47K | 28.4% | 9.9% | 2% | D− |
| 2,991 | Goodwater AL | 1,256 | $40K | 36.4% | 6.8% | 8% | D− |
| 2,992 | Glenville WV | 1,047 | $47K | 23.7% | 7.1% | 36% | D− |
| 2,993 | Addison ME | 1,193 | $51K | 22.1% | 3.0% | 6% | D− |
| 2,994 | Ak-Chin Village AZ | 1,132 | $47K | 30.6% | 9.7% | 12% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Glenville, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Glenville: questions
What is the median household income in Glenville?
$47,422 (±$9,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenville?
23.7%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glenville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glenville work?
36% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgeport (3%, 40 mi), Grantsville (3%, 14 mi), Charleston (3%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Glenville walkable?
Glenville is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glenville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glenville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glenville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.