Work & commute · Glenwood

Work & commute in Glenwood, NE

Most working residents leave Glenwood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (60%), Grand Island (7%) and Omaha (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 245 Glenwood residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glenwood.

245live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glenwood goes to work

Kearney3.7 mi away

60%148

Grand Island39.5 mi away

7%16

Omaha161.7 mi away

3%8

Lincoln125.9 mi away

2%6

Holdrege26.8 mi away

1%3

Hastings37.8 mi away

1%3

Lexington34.9 mi away

1%2

York78.2 mi away

1%2

Bellevue166.2 mi away

1%2

Pender154.4 mi away

0%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%55

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

How far

How far Glenwood commutes

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

71%

11%

14%

71%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glenwood is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glenwood are

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

Jobs based in Glenwood

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Glenwood residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+27%

Jobs based in Glenwood, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 42. 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.