Work & commute · Glenwood

Work & commute in Glenwood, IA

About one in 4 of Glenwood’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Omaha (25%), Council Bluffs (15%) and Bellevue (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

566 of 2,338 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,772 Glenwood residents head out of town to work, 566 work right here, and 1,399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glenwood.

1,772live here, work elsewhere

566live and work here

1,399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glenwood goes to work

Omaha, NE22.2 mi away

25%578

Glenwood (in town)right here

24%566

Council Bluffs14.5 mi away

15%348

Bellevue, NE12.4 mi away

2%53

Papillion, NE18.9 mi away

1%34

Sioux City105.7 mi away

1%29

Des Moines116.4 mi away

1%27

Lincoln, NE51.4 mi away

1%21

Carter Lake19.2 mi away

1%19

Plattsmouth, NE8.4 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%644

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.

30%

49%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glenwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glenwood are

1,965 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

1,965 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Glenwood residents hold

2,338 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−29%

Jobs based in Glenwood, 2013 → 2023: 2,762 → 1,965. 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.