Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Granville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% stay in Granville for work; outside it, Westfield is the main destination (16%, 9 miles). There are 138 jobs in Granville, and 749 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Granville B; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Granville stands out on work
Granville is a place people come home to
There are 138 jobs based in Granville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Granville has about 930 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Granville and Westfield trade workers both ways
Westfield is the top workplace for Granville residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Granville come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Granville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 77 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 749 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 59% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Granville’s grade. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (5.9%) is left out: Granville’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, Granville could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How a workday changes Granville
On a workday 731 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Granville on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Out of Granville to work: where people go
Where Granville clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
The trip to work from Granville: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granville workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 712 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in Granville: what the 138 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granville, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 138. 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Granville
About 19% 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.
Most of Granville commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Granville is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 841 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.9% of Granville households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Granville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Granville is 1,636th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 525 | Whately MA | 1,622 | $117K | 5.4% | 4.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 622 | Otis MA | 1,610 | $109K | 1.2% | 6.2% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 654 | Wales MA | 1,833 | $89K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,634 | Washington Township IN | 1,948 | $80K | 8.1% | 2.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,635 | South Thomaston ME | 1,520 | $87K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,636 | Granville MA | 1,541 | $84K | 10.4% | 5.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,637 | Palmyra Township MI | 1,999 | $85K | 8.2% | 4.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,638 | Fayal Township MN | 1,799 | $87K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Massachusetts.
21% of Granville works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Granville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granville | – | B | C | 39 min | $84,375 |
| Southwick | 3% | A | C | 29 min | $120,462 |
| Tolland | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Westfield | 16% | B+ | A | 27 min | $87,753 |
| Russell | 2% | B+ | C− | 30 min | $108,750 |
| Blandford | under 3% | A− | D | 36 min | $91,902 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tolland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Westfield. 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?
$84,375 (±$13,658) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granville?
10.4%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granville?
39 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Westfield (16%, 9 mi), Springfield (9%, 19 mi), Holyoke (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granville walkable?
Granville is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.