Work & commute · Glenwood

Work & commute in Glenwood, AR

About one in 4 of Glenwood’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hot Springs (10%), Little Rock (3%) and Nashville (2%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

169 of 605 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 436 Glenwood residents head out of town to work, 169 work right here, and 858 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glenwood.

436live here, work elsewhere

169live and work here

858work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glenwood goes to work

Glenwood (in town)right here

28%169

Hot Springs29.4 mi away

10%61

Little Rock72 mi away

3%18

Nashville32.5 mi away

2%14

Arkadelphia29.5 mi away

2%14

Murfreesboro20.2 mi away

2%11

Rockwell24.3 mi away

2%10

Kirby9 mi away

1%7

Pine Bluff86.6 mi away

1%6

Fort Smith85.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%289

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

How far

How far Glenwood commutes

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

40%

11%

26%

24%

40%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glenwood is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Glenwood are

1,027 jobs are based in Glenwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glenwood

1,027 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Glenwood residents hold

605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+26%

Jobs based in Glenwood, 2013 → 2023: 813 → 1,027. 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.