Work & commute · Glasgow

Work & commute in Glasgow, VA

Most working residents leave Glasgow for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington (13%), Buena Vista (11%) and Roanoke (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

42 of 441 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 399 Glasgow residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glasgow.

399live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glasgow goes to work

Lexington10.4 mi away

13%59

Buena Vista8.7 mi away

11%47

Glasgow (in town)right here

10%42

Roanoke36.7 mi away

5%20

Lynchburg21.6 mi away

3%12

Stuarts Draft35.3 mi away

2%8

Salem40.6 mi away

2%7

Waynesboro42.7 mi away

2%7

East Lexington11.9 mi away

2%7

Virginia Beach197.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%227

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.

33%

22%

18%

27%

33%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glasgow is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glasgow are

649 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

649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Glasgow residents hold

441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−33%

Jobs based in Glasgow, 2013 → 2023: 968 → 649. 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.