With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Grant Township works elsewhere
Grant Township has 1,280 jobs; 2,324 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Grant Township are D for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in four work in Grant Township itself; outside it, Hoopeston draws the most (24%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Grant Township: the gist
Grant Township and Hoopeston trade workers both ways
Hoopeston is the top workplace for Grant Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Grant Township come from (43% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Grant Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Grant Township go to people who live here
Of the 1,280 jobs based in Grant Township, 47% are held by Grant Township residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Grant Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grant Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns, #739 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Grant Township’s grade up (14.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grant Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
The places Grant Township commutes to
Where Grant Township clocks in
24% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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.
The trip to work from Grant Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,269 commuters (the 15% 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 people are in Grant Township by day
On a workday 1,725 residents head out to work, 599 work right here, and 681 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Grant Township makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,476 → 1,280. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Grant Township, by distance
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Grant Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grant Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #145 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 18.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 8.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,682 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.1% of Grant Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Grant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Grant Township sits among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,200
| # | 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+ |
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| 14 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 41 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 83 | Grandwood Park IL | 5,262 | $127K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,159 | Paoli Township IN | 5,945 | $49K | 19.6% | 4.7% | 17% | D |
| 3,160 | York Township OH | 6,710 | $56K | 14.7% | 8.4% | 15% | D |
| 3,161 | Grant Township IL | 5,364 | $61K | 14.5% | 7.6% | 26% | D |
| 3,162 | Alfred NY | 6,217 | $42K | 36.7% | 16.1% | 24% | D |
| 3,163 | Rochester IN | 6,132 | $57K | 18.1% | 7.7% | 29% | D |
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| 3,488 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Grant Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | D | A | 19 min | $60,611 |
| Ross Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 23 min | $64,167 |
| Lovejoy Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Prairie Green Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lovejoy Township and Prairie Green Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grant 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 2024, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grant Township?
$60,611 (±$25,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
14.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hoopeston (24%, 2 mi), Danville (13%, 21 mi), Urbana (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Grant Township walkable?
Grant Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grant Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.