Work & commute · Glasco

Work & commute in Glasco, KS

Most working residents leave Glasco for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Concordia (15%), Salina (9%) and Beloit (9%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

37 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 160 Glasco residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glasco.

160live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glasco goes to work

Concordia17.5 mi away

15%27

Glasco (in town)right here

9%16

Salina39.7 mi away

9%16

Beloit16.2 mi away

9%15

Wichita118.5 mi away

5%8

Manhattan66.9 mi away

4%7

Junction City57.6 mi away

3%5

Topeka116.8 mi away

3%5

Belleville33.8 mi away

2%4

Clay Center37.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%69

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

How far

How far Glasco commutes

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

13%

30%

21%

36%

13%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glasco is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glasco are

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

Jobs based in Glasco

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Glasco residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+2%

Jobs based in Glasco, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 130. 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.