Grant Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income D: better than 6% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 29 minutes each way (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Grant Township; the top destination outside it is Tawas City (8%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Grant Township
Grant Township is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Grant Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Grant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. 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 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; with 459 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Grant Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Grant Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Grant Township’s grade up (17.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (11.8%) is left out: Grant Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Grant Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Grant Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 454 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Half of Grant Township commutes less than 27 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 42% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 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 477 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
8% of working residents work in Tawas City
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Grant Township clocks in
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Grant Township makes things: 60% of its jobs are in goods
88 jobs are based in Grant Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2011 → 2021: 23 → 88. 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.
Most trips from Grant Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grant Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 525 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). 3.2% of Grant Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grant Township is 5,161st of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Grant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
| # | 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+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,159 | New Haven WV | 1,385 | $56K | 19.6% | 0.3% | 3% | D |
| 5,160 | Noble Township IL | 1,379 | $50K | 16.0% | 4.4% | 1% | D |
| 5,161 | Grant Township MI | 1,536 | $56K | 17.2% | 11.8% | 1% | D |
| 5,162 | Roubidoux Township MO | 1,797 | $64K | 22.6% | 3.3% | 4% | D |
| 5,163 | Fort Covington NY | 1,518 | $57K | 19.5% | 0.8% | 15% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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.
13% of Grant Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Plainfield Township (6%). Darker towns draw more of Grant Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | D | C− | 29 min | $56,193 |
| Tawas Township | 3% | D | C | 25 min | $59,531 |
| Sherman Township | 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Reno Township | 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Plainfield Township | 6% | C− | B− | 30 min | $52,035 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sherman Township and Reno Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$56,193 (±$11,248) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
17.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan 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 Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tawas City (8%, 10 mi), Plainfield Township (6%, 9 mi), East Tawas (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Grant Township walkable?
Grant Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant Township without a car?
0% 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), 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.