Work & commute · Glasgow

Work & commute in Glasgow, KY

About one in 3 of Glasgow’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bowling Green (15%), Horse Cave (5%) and Scottsville (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

2,272 of 5,819 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,547 Glasgow residents head out of town to work, 2,272 work right here, and 9,851 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glasgow.

3,547live here, work elsewhere

2,272live and work here

9,851work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glasgow goes to work

Glasgow (in town)right here

39%2,272

Bowling Green28.1 mi away

15%847

Horse Cave11.4 mi away

5%274

Scottsville23.5 mi away

2%118

Lexington-Fayette urban county107.7 mi away

2%110

Elizabethtown48.4 mi away

2%107

Edmonton16.8 mi away

1%64

Franklin40.2 mi away

1%53

Owensboro83.6 mi away

1%44

Cave City9.5 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,888

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

How far

How far Glasgow commutes

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

43%

14%

21%

23%

43%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glasgow is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glasgow are

12,123 jobs are based in Glasgow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glasgow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glasgow

12,123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Glasgow residents hold

5,819 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−7%

Jobs based in Glasgow, 2013 → 2023: 13,009 → 12,123. 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.