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Work & commute in Glenville · Balanced

99% of Glenville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Glenville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenwich (29%), New York (19%) and Stamford (11%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Work in town
1%
10 of 1,052 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
33 min
More than CT (27 min)
Work from home
21%
More than CT (16%)
Jobs based here
910
Balanced
Work out of state
36%
mostly New York

What kind of work town is Glenville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Next door

32% of Glenville works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Greenwich (29%). Darker towns draw more of Glenville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

The commute map

29% of working residents work in Greenwich

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Hartford: 17 residents work here (2%)BridgeportNorwalk: 19 residents work here (2%)Stamford: 117 residents work here (11%)Rye BrookWhite Plains: 24 residents work here (2%)New York: 195 residents work here (19%)DarienWestport: 15 residents work here (1%)Greenwich: 300 residents work here (29%)Rye: 34 residents work here (3%)Greenburgh: 15 residents work here (1%)Harrison: 22 residents work here (2%)PemberwickGlenvilleRock RidgeGreenwichNew YorkStamfordRyeWhite PlainsHarrisonGlenville
1
Greenwich1.7 mi away
29%300
2
New York, NY29.5 mi away
19%195
3
Stamford6.9 mi away
11%117
4
Rye, NY2.4 mi away
3%34
5
White Plains, NY4.6 mi away
2%24
6
Harrison, NY3 mi away
2%22
7
Norwalk13.3 mi away
2%19
8
Hartford71.7 mi away
2%17
9
Westport17.7 mi away
1%15
10
Greenburgh, NY9.3 mi away
1%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%294
The top trips

Where Glenville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in GlenvilleJobs Glenville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms2%4%
Trade, transport & utilities11%14%
Services: health, schools, offices87%82%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%13%
Over $3,333 a month66%79%

Who does it

29 or younger17%16%
30 to 5455%52%
55 and older28%32%
+19%

Jobs based in Glenville, 2013 → 2023: 765 → 910. 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.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Connecticut

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
251 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Glenville33 min
Connecticut27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
21%

of Glenville workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,042 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 900 people come in from elsewhere.

1,042live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
900work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,700
Workday2,500
2,700live here− 1,000head out to work+ 900come in to work= 2,500on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.87jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Glenville commutes less than 9 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGreenwich: 29% · 1.7 miNew York: 19% · 29.5 miStamford: 11% · 6.9 miRye: 3% · 2.4 miWhite Plains: 2% · 4.6 miHarrison: 2% · 3 miNorwalk: 2% · 13.3 miHartford: 2% · 71.7 miWestport: 1% · 17.7 miGreenburgh: 1% · 9.3 miGreenwich 29%New York 19%Stamford 11%Rye 3%White Plains 2%Glenville
GlenvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
53%Under 10 mi555 residents
10%10–24 mi110 residents
27%25–50 mi284 residents
10%Over 50 mi102 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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