Photo: Wknight94 talk · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Granby works elsewhere
Employers in Granby report 2,228 jobs, and 4,993 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Granby are A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Granby is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Granby: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Granby works from home
30% of Granby workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Granby
74% of Granby residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 56% of the jobs based in Granby pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Granby’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Granby is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #14 of 155 in Connecticut. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Granby could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Granby’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granby workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,923 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What Granby’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granby, 2013 → 2023: 2,146 → 2,228. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Granby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Granby
On a workday 4,510 residents head out to work, 483 work right here, and 1,745 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,200 people are in Granby on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Hartford
Where Granby clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Granby’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Granby gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Granby is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #107 of 155 in Connecticut. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across Connecticut, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,617 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 23% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Granby households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Granby’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000, Granby ranks 218th of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 173 | Colchester CT | 15,825 | $122K | 3.9% | 1.7% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Oxford CT | 13,311 | $129K | 4.0% | 2.3% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Four Corners MD | 8,150 | $203K | 4.4% | 3.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 217 | Signal Mountain TN | 8,824 | $141K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| 218 | Granby CT | 11,963 | $120K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 10% | A+ |
| 219 | Charlton MA | 13,685 | $118K | 2.5% | 2.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 220 | Mansfield Township NJ | 9,199 | $116K | 3.2% | 3.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Granby, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Around Granby: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Simsbury (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Granby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granby | – | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $120,275 |
| Hartland | under 3% | A | D | 35 min | $113,375 |
| East Granby | 2% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $120,938 |
| Barkhamsted | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $123,544 |
| Simsbury | 7% | A | B+ | 26 min | $157,907 |
| Suffield | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $119,472 |
| Canton | under 3% | A | B− | 29 min | $117,991 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Granby’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Granby: questions
What is the median household income in Granby?
$120,275 (±$13,731) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granby?
3.2%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granby?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granby work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (13%, 16 mi), Simsbury (7%, 7 mi), Windsor (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granby walkable?
Granby is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granby without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granby
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.