Work & commute · Glide

Work & commute in Glide, OR

Most working residents leave Glide for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Roseburg (29%), Eugene (4%) and Medford (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

73 of 537 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 464 Glide residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 641 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glide.

464live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

641work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glide goes to work

Roseburg14.8 mi away

29%158

Glide (in town)right here

14%73

Eugene52.9 mi away

4%23

Medford67 mi away

3%17

Portland156.5 mi away

3%15

Coos Bay58.6 mi away

2%12

Springfield52.8 mi away

2%11

Sutherlin14.1 mi away

2%10

Grants Pass60.9 mi away

2%9

Salem112.8 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%201

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

How far

How far Glide commutes

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

16%

42%

34%

16%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glide is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glide are

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

Jobs based in Glide

714 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Glide residents hold

537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+11%

Jobs based in Glide, 2013 → 2023: 644 → 714. 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.