Photo: Niels0827 · CC BY-SA 3.0Granville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
274 jobs are based in Granville, and 621 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Granville B−; getting around on foot earns it B. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Granville apart on work
Fewer jobs are based in Granville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Granville fell from 584 in 2013 to 274 in 2023, −53%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Granville workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 621 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Granville
On income, poverty and job access, Granville is better than 55% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Granville’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Granville’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, Granville could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Jobs in Granville: what the 274 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granville, 2013 → 2023: 584 → 274. 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 Granville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Granville: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 639 commuters (the 2% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Granville
On a workday 590 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Granville on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
11% of working residents work in Peru
Where Granville clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
How far Granville goes to work
About 28% 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.
Driving is how Granville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Granville is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 654 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). 3.1% of Granville households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Granville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Granville ranks 1,625th of 5,400 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,623 | Union Township PA | 1,244 | $85K | 7.9% | 4.2% | 1% | B− |
| 1,624 | Little Falls WI | 1,545 | $89K | 6.6% | 3.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,625 | Granville IL | 1,325 | $71K | 5.3% | 4.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,626 | Royalton PA | 1,133 | $68K | 11.9% | 0.0% | 0% | B− |
| 1,627 | New Beaver PA | 1,343 | $61K | 6.6% | 3.5% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Granville, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Granville: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Mark (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Granville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granville | – | B− | B | 24 min | $70,556 |
| Mark | 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mark: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Granville’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 Granville: questions
What is the median household income in Granville?
$70,556 (±$9,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granville?
5.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peru (11%, 8 mi), Granville Township (6%, 1 mi), Spring Valley (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granville walkable?
Granville is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granville
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.