Households in Grant Township have lower incomes than those in 72% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 23.9% of residents, against 13.2% across Michigan. Grant Township grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 5% work in Grant Township; the top destination outside it is Clare (12%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Grant Township
Grant Township trades workers with the towns around it
Grant Township has about as many jobs (1,131) as working residents (1,113), but they are mostly different people: 1,057 residents leave for work each day while 1,075 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Grant Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
52% of the jobs in Grant Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Inside Grant Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grant Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #637 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Grant Township’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grant Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Grant Township
On a workday 1,057 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 1,075 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
The 1,131 jobs based in Grant Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2011 → 2021: 227 → 1,131. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Grant Township ends
Where Grant Township clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Grant Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,027 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Where in the region Grant Township works
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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Grant Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grant Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #331 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,164 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). 12.3% of Grant Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Grant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grant Township places 3,745th of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
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| 3,743 | Ticonderoga NY | 4,549 | $65K | 17.4% | 4.8% | 38% | C− |
| 3,744 | China Lake Acres CA | 2,594 | $69K | 21.9% | 4.7% | 1% | C− |
| 3,745 | Grant Township MI | 3,437 | $61K | 23.9% | 5.2% | 5% | C− |
| 3,746 | Unadilla NY | 4,098 | $56K | 11.3% | 5.9% | 5% | C− |
| 3,747 | Pixley CA | 3,742 | $56K | 16.2% | 6.2% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Michigan.
Grant Township and its neighbors: 20% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | C− | C+ | 24 min | $61,010 |
| Clare | 12% | D | A | 27 min | $41,226 |
| Surrey Township | 5% | D | C | 23 min | $50,764 |
| Sheridan Township | under 3% | D | B− | 27 min | $64,135 |
| Hatton Township | 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Vernon Township | under 3% | B− | D | 28 min | $80,706 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hatton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clare. 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 2021, 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?
$61,010 (±$8,500) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
23.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clare (12%, 3 mi), Mount Pleasant (10%, 18 mi), Midland (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Grant Township walkable?
Grant Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 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 12% 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), 2021, 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.