Work & commute · Glacier

Work & commute in Glacier, WA

Most working residents leave Glacier for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bellingham (23%), Ferndale (5%) and Seattle (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110 Glacier residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glacier.

110live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glacier goes to work

Bellingham26.3 mi away

23%27

Ferndale30 mi away

5%6

Glacier (in town)right here

5%6

Seattle90 mi away

4%5

Deming14.5 mi away

4%5

Everett65.4 mi away

3%4

Acme17.5 mi away

3%4

Sumas16.9 mi away

3%3

Friday Harbor55.4 mi away

2%2

Fife116.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%52

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

How far

How far Glacier commutes

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

24%

37%

32%

8%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glacier is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glacier are

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

Jobs based in Glacier

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Glacier residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−14%

Jobs based in Glacier, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 55. 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.