Work & commute · Glidden

Work & commute in Glidden, IA

Most working residents leave Glidden for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Carroll (34%), Scranton (3%) and Omaha (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 528 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 512 Glidden residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glidden.

512live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glidden goes to work

Carroll7.1 mi away

34%178

Glidden (in town)right here

3%16

Scranton9.5 mi away

3%16

Omaha, NE87.8 mi away

2%13

Manning20.1 mi away

2%10

Fort Dodge42.1 mi away

2%10

Lake City14.5 mi away

2%9

Des Moines66.5 mi away

2%9

West Des Moines60 mi away

2%8

Sioux City90.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%251

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

How far

How far Glidden commutes

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

49%

17%

27%

49%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glidden is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glidden are

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

Jobs based in Glidden

214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Glidden residents hold

528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−34%

Jobs based in Glidden, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 214. 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.