Work & commute · Glasgow

Work & commute in Glasgow, MN

Most working residents leave Glasgow for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (22%), Wabasha (16%) and Plainview (10%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 134 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 134 Glasgow residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glasgow.

134live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glasgow goes to work

Rochester27.6 mi away

22%29

Wabasha5.2 mi away

16%21

Plainview11.4 mi away

10%14

Lake City10.9 mi away

8%11

Winona29.9 mi away

8%11

Red Wing29.1 mi away

2%3

Albert Lea76.9 mi away

1%2

Eden Prairie74.5 mi away

1%2

Duluth169 mi away

1%2

St. Paul64.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%37

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.

27%

23%

31%

19%

27%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glasgow is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glasgow are

3 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

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Glasgow residents hold

134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−70%

Jobs based in Glasgow, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 3. 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.