Work & commute · Glen

Work & commute in Glen, MN

Most working residents leave Glen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Aitkin (11%), Isle (8%) and McGregor (3%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 154 Glen residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen.

154live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen goes to work

Aitkin12.1 mi away

11%17

Isle22.1 mi away

8%13

McGregor13.4 mi away

3%5

Edina108.3 mi away

3%5

Baxter39.1 mi away

3%4

Lakeside12.6 mi away

3%4

Malmo6.1 mi away

3%4

East Side17.4 mi away

3%4

Onamia28.2 mi away

2%3

Mora40.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%94

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

How far

How far Glen commutes

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

13%

31%

15%

42%

13%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen are

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

Jobs based in Glen

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Glen residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+12%

Jobs based in Glen, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 28. 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.