Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Grant-Valkaria (0.7%) is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
27% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Florida as a whole. For jobs and income Grant-Valkaria is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, Grant-Valkaria 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 Grant-Valkaria, in a few figures
A lot of Grant-Valkaria works from home
27% of Grant-Valkaria workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Grant-Valkaria is a place people come home to
There are 602 jobs based in Grant-Valkaria, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Grant-Valkaria workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (24 to 28 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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.
Grant-Valkaria’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment holds Grant-Valkaria’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grant-Valkaria could be anywhere from B+ to A.
About 33 minutes to work from Grant-Valkaria
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant-Valkaria workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,215 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Grant-Valkaria for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,976 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 543 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Grant-Valkaria on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Melbourne
Where Grant-Valkaria clocks in
21% of workers
20% 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.
What the 602 jobs in Grant-Valkaria are
602 jobs are based in Grant-Valkaria.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant-Valkaria, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 602. 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 Grant-Valkaria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Grant-Valkaria to work
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
For most of Grant-Valkaria, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,664 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 4.9% of Grant-Valkaria households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grant-Valkaria’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grant-Valkaria next to U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100: 584th of 3,394 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 582 | Upper Freehold Township NJ | 7,251 | $184K | 2.2% | 6.3% | 5% | A |
| 583 | Green Brook Township NJ | 7,410 | $208K | 6.0% | 5.7% | 5% | A |
| 584 | Grant-Valkaria FL | 5,982 | $120K | 6.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| 585 | Johnstown OH | 5,476 | $92K | 7.7% | 2.2% | 9% | A |
| 586 | Prairie du Sac WI | 4,316 | $101K | 7.7% | 0.7% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Grant-Valkaria, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 23% of Grant-Valkaria’s workers
The biggest share goes to Palm Bay (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant-Valkaria workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant-Valkaria | – | A | D | 33 min | $119,583 |
| Palm Bay | 20% | C+ | B+ | 28 min | $72,614 |
| Malabar | 3% | A | C | 26 min | $128,698 |
| Micco | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $45,794 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grant-Valkaria’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 Grant-Valkaria: questions
What is the median household income in Grant-Valkaria?
$119,583 (±$26,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant-Valkaria?
6.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant-Valkaria?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant-Valkaria work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Melbourne (21%, 14 mi), Palm Bay (20%, 6 mi), Rockledge (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grant-Valkaria walkable?
Grant-Valkaria is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant-Valkaria without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grant-Valkaria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grant-Valkaria
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.