Work & commute · Glen Allen

Work & commute in Glen Allen, VA

Most working residents leave Glen Allen for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (19%), Innsbrook (5%) and Laurel (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

216 of 7,979 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,763 Glen Allen residents head out of town to work, 216 work right here, and 4,712 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Allen.

7,763live here, work elsewhere

216live and work here

4,712work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Allen goes to work

Richmond9.3 mi away

19%1,542

Innsbrook5.1 mi away

5%430

Laurel2.4 mi away

3%271

Mechanicsville7.5 mi away

3%227

Glen Allen (in town)right here

3%216

Ashland6.6 mi away

2%194

Short Pump7.4 mi away

2%191

Tuckahoe7.9 mi away

2%139

Tysons87.9 mi away

1%93

Dumbarton4 mi away

1%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%4,589

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

How far

How far Glen Allen commutes

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

60%

21%

15%

60%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Allen is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Allen are

4,928 jobs are based in Glen Allen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Allen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glen Allen

4,928 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Glen Allen residents hold

7,979 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−9%

Jobs based in Glen Allen, 2013 → 2023: 5,425 → 4,928. 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.