Grant Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Grant Township grades C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. There are 217 jobs in Grant Township; 481 of its residents have a job. Only 7% stay in Grant Township for work; outside it, Lafayette is the main destination (14%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Grant Township: the gist
Grant Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Grant Township is Lafayette, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (67) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Grant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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; with 481 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Grant Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Grant Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Grant Township’s grade up ($83,625, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Grant Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Grant Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Near or far: the trip to work from Grant Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
From Grant Township, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 622 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Grant Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 447 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 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.
Where the trip to work from Grant Township ends
Where Grant Township clocks in
7% 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.
66% of the jobs in Grant Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2013 → 2023: 256 → 217. 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.
Most of Grant Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grant Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.4.
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). 3.0% of Grant Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of Grant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grant Township is 2,464th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 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+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,462 | Von Ormy TX | 1,241 | $39K | 23.5% | 5.4% | 1% | C− |
| 2,463 | Pembroke VA | 1,139 | $58K | 9.1% | 1.7% | 2% | C− |
| 2,464 | Grant Township IN | 1,095 | $84K | 20.7% | 0.6% | 7% | C− |
| 2,465 | Monongahela Township PA | 1,415 | $70K | 12.9% | 1.7% | 4% | C− |
| 2,466 | Renville MN | 1,268 | $69K | 13.1% | 5.3% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Grant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Grant Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Oak Grove Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | C− | B+ | 29 min | $83,625 |
| Oak Grove Township | 2% | C− | D | 24 min | $55,417 |
| Hickory Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hickory Grove 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 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?
$83,625 (±$42,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
20.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (14%, 28 mi), Fowler (8%, 7 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 83 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 6.4 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant Township without a car?
10% 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 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.