Photo: Dylan Edwards · CC BY 4.0Grantville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 37% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. There are 8 jobs in Grantville, against 86 working residents. Hardly any work in Grantville itself; outside it, Topeka draws the most (44%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Grantville
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 44 people are in Grantville on a workday afternoon, 64% 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.
Where the trip to work from Grantville ends
Where Grantville clocks in
44% of workers
8% 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.
88% of the jobs in Grantville make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grantville, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 8. 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 Grantville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Grantville
of Grantville workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 37% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
How far it is to work from Grantville
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.
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 Grantville: questions
What is the median household income in Grantville?
$65,063 (±$24,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grantville?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Grantville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (44%, 8 mi), Soldier Township (10%, 7 mi), Lawrence (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Grantville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grantville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grantville
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.