Work & commute · Glencoe

Work & commute in Glencoe, AL

Most working residents leave Glencoe for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Gadsden (32%), Anniston (5%) and Rainbow City (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 2,064 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,973 Glencoe residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glencoe.

1,973live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glencoe goes to work

Gadsden6.2 mi away

32%653

Anniston20.3 mi away

5%103

Rainbow City8.7 mi away

5%97

Birmingham57.5 mi away

5%96

Glencoe (in town)right here

4%91

Attalla11.1 mi away

2%51

Oxford24.6 mi away

2%50

Huntsville66.9 mi away

2%44

Jacksonville14 mi away

2%34

Southside6.3 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%813

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Glencoe commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

18%

10%

25%

47%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glencoe is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Glencoe are

821 jobs are based in Glencoe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glencoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glencoe

821 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Glencoe residents hold

2,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+9%

Jobs based in Glencoe, 2013 → 2023: 756 → 821. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.