Work means Springfield for more than half of Grandview’s working residents
The two grades for Grandview are C− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns. Only 1% stay in Grandview for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (55%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Grandview
More than half of Grandview works in Springfield
334 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Springfield, 2.3 miles away. That’s 55 times as many as work in Grandview itself. The commute map ↓
Most Grandview residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Grandview is a place people come home to
There are 184 jobs based in Grandview, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grandview has about 970 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 608 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Grandview: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Grandview is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Grandview’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (9.9%) is left out: Grandview’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Grandview could be anywhere from C− to C.
Commuting out of Grandview: the destinations
Where Grandview clocks in
55% of workers
2% 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.
Where in the region Grandview works
About 26% 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 on a workday afternoon
On a workday 600 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Grandview on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
What the 184 jobs in Grandview are
184 jobs are based in Grandview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grandview, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 184. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Grandview: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grandview workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 495 commuters (the 9% 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.
In Grandview, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grandview is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 6.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 542 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 10.8% of Grandview households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Grandview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Grandview ranks 4,038th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,036 | Barre NY | 1,797 | $74K | 23.4% | 5.2% | 5% | C− |
| 4,037 | Strongs Prairie WI | 1,224 | $66K | 10.6% | 4.7% | 2% | C− |
| 4,038 | Grandview IL | 1,389 | $49K | 26.5% | 9.9% | 1% | C− |
| 4,039 | Big Timber MT | 1,686 | $67K | 10.4% | 3.7% | 35% | C− |
| 4,040 | Solon ME | 1,008 | $69K | 10.7% | 9.4% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Grandview, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Grandview and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Springfield Township (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grandview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview | – | C− | A+ | 17 min | $48,819 |
| Springfield Township | 2% | D | B+ | 15 min | $39,507 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grandview’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: questions
What is the median household income in Grandview?
$48,819 (±$8,407) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grandview?
26.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grandview?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grandview work?
1% work in town.
Is Grandview walkable?
Grandview is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grandview without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grandview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grandview
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.