Work & commute · Glen

Work & commute in Glen, NY

Most working residents leave Glen for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mohawk (8%), Amsterdam (6%) and Albany (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 862 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 800 Glen residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 774 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen.

800live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

774work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen goes to work

Mohawk4.6 mi away

8%70

Glen (in town)right here

7%62

Amsterdam8.6 mi away

6%55

Albany32.4 mi away

6%49

Johnstown7.5 mi away

5%43

Colonie30.7 mi away

5%41

Florida7.6 mi away

4%37

New York156.1 mi away

4%33

Gloversville10.3 mi away

3%30

Schenectady22.5 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%422

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.

36%

21%

24%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen are

836 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

836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Glen residents hold

862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+4%

Jobs based in Glen, 2013 → 2023: 804 → 836. 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.