Work & commute · Glen Raven

Work & commute in Glen Raven, NC

Most working residents leave Glen Raven for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (28%), Greensboro (9%) and Durham (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,372 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,358 Glen Raven residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 358 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Raven.

1,358live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

358work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Raven goes to work

Burlington3.3 mi away

28%378

Greensboro20 mi away

9%120

Durham33.4 mi away

7%95

Raleigh50.4 mi away

5%70

Graham6.4 mi away

4%56

Mebane11 mi away

4%52

Chapel Hill27.4 mi away

3%43

Charlotte99.3 mi away

3%42

Elon2.8 mi away

3%38

Winston-Salem44.3 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%451

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

How far

How far Glen Raven commutes

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

43%

14%

23%

19%

43%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Raven is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Raven are

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

Jobs based in Glen Raven

372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Glen Raven residents hold

1,372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+37%

Jobs based in Glen Raven, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 372. 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.