With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Grant Township works elsewhere
Only 7% work in Grant Township itself; outside it, Chicago draws the most (10%, 44 miles). Grant Township has 5,745 jobs; 12,647 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Grant Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Grant Township
Grant Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Grant Township is Chicago, 44 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (1,245) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Grant Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,745 jobs in Grant Township are filled from a wide area. Grant Township’s own residents hold 16% and the ten next-biggest home towns 16%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Grant Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Grant Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Grant Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Grant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Grant Township
Job access by car holds Grant Township’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grant Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Near or far: the trip to work from Grant Township
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.
The places Grant Township commutes to
Where Grant Township clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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.
Grant Township makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,768 → 5,745. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Grant Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 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 12,805 commuters (the 13% 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.
Who leaves Grant Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 11,748 residents head out to work, 899 work right here, and 4,846 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Driving is how Grant Township gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% 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 14,782 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 2.1% of Grant Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Grant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grant Township places 719th of 1,467 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 20,000 to 39,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 9 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Geneva IL | 21,138 | $144K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 13% | A+ |
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| 21 | New Lenox IL | 28,893 | $141K | 1.5% | 2.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 717 | Lynn Haven FL | 22,479 | $81K | 6.5% | 3.4% | 12% | B+ |
| 718 | Glen Cove NY | 28,190 | $92K | 13.5% | 4.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 719 | Grant Township IL | 28,636 | $96K | 10.1% | 4.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 720 | Florence KY | 34,018 | $71K | 9.5% | 3.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 721 | Orangevale CA | 35,958 | $100K | 10.4% | 5.1% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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.
Grant Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | B+ | B+ | 34 min | $96,383 |
| Wauconda Township | under 2% | A | B | 31 min | $112,337 |
| McHenry Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 31 min | $94,531 |
| Avon Township | under 2% | B | A− | 30 min | $97,925 |
| Volo | under 2% | A+ | B− | 32 min | $160,792 |
| Lake Villa Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 34 min | $119,947 |
| Round Lake | under 2% | B+ | B | 31 min | $111,977 |
| Antioch Township | under 2% | B | B | 32 min | $101,932 |
| Round Lake Beach | under 2% | B− | A− | 30 min | $86,059 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grant Township?
$96,383 (±$9,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
10.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 44 mi), Fox Lake (4%, 4 mi), Libertyville (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grant Township walkable?
Grant Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.