Work & commute · Glasgow

Work & commute in Glasgow, MO

Most working residents leave Glasgow for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (24%), Maryland Heights (6%) and Bridgeton (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 1,671 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,666 Glasgow residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glasgow.

1,666live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glasgow goes to work

St. Louis8.8 mi away

24%401

Maryland Heights15 mi away

6%100

Bridgeton11.8 mi away

3%55

Hazelwood10.9 mi away

3%52

St. Charles17.3 mi away

3%49

Creve Coeur14.8 mi away

3%48

Chesterfield21.7 mi away

3%45

Florissant7.5 mi away

3%43

Berkeley7.5 mi away

2%40

St. Peters22 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%807

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%

46%

43%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glasgow is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glasgow are

82 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

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Glasgow residents hold

1,671 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−15%

Jobs based in Glasgow, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 82. 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.