Philip D. Armour III House · Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Grandview Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
The trip to work takes 39 minutes on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. Hardly any stay in Grandview Township for work; outside it, Paris is the main destination (29%, 9 miles). 137 jobs are based in Grandview Township for 179 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Grandview Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 178 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Grandview Township ends
Where Grandview Township clocks in
29% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Goods jobs make up 98% of work in Grandview Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grandview Township, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 137. 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 Grandview Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Grandview Township, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grandview Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Grandview Township commutes
About 23% 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.
Grandview Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grandview Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview Township | – | — | — | 39 min | $55,556 |
| Kansas Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Symmes Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Buck Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Douglas Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Dolson Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kansas Township: not graded. Symmes Township, Buck Township, Douglas Township and Dolson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grandview Township’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 Grandview Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grandview Township?
$55,556 (±$38,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grandview Township?
5.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grandview Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grandview Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paris (29%, 9 mi), Terre Haute (7%, 25 mi), Mattoon (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grandview Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grandview Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grandview Township
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.