Work & commute · Glasgow

Work & commute in Glasgow, MO

Most working residents leave Glasgow for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (19%), Fayette (12%) and Boonville (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

75 of 491 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 416 Glasgow residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glasgow.

416live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glasgow goes to work

Columbia33.6 mi away

19%91

Glasgow (in town)right here

15%75

Fayette9.9 mi away

12%59

Boonville19.1 mi away

4%22

Moberly25.1 mi away

4%20

Jefferson City57.9 mi away

3%16

Marshall21 mi away

2%9

Kansas City92 mi away

2%9

Salisbury13.6 mi away

1%7

Mexico51.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%176

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.

23%

29%

25%

23%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glasgow is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glasgow are

532 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

532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Glasgow residents hold

491 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+17%

Jobs based in Glasgow, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 532. 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.