Grant Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Grant Township report 355 jobs, and 1,378 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Grant Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Grant Township and work: the main findings
Grant Township makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Grant Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Grant Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Grant Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Grant Township is Grand Rapids, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (199) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Grant Township is a place people come home to
There are 355 jobs based in Grant Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grant Township has about 2,400 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Grant Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Grant Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grant Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #507 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Grant Township’s grade up (9.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns).
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+.
A place that makes things: 61% of Grant Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2011 → 2021: 247 → 355. 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grant Township
About 15% 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 daily commute in and out of Grant Township
On a workday 1,341 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2021, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Grant Township: about 29 minutes
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 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,472 commuters (the 3% 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.
14% of working residents work in Grand Rapids
Where Grant Township clocks in
Lines 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.
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 19% of U.S. towns, #516 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Grant Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,514 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). 2.2% of Grant Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Grant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600, Grant Township ranks 2,821st of 4,402 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,819 | Wills Point TX | 4,033 | $72K | 12.3% | 5.1% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,820 | South Fork Township IL | 2,452 | $76K | 12.2% | 5.4% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,821 | Grant Township MI | 3,406 | $74K | 9.8% | 4.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,822 | Union Township OH | 4,358 | $71K | 10.6% | 4.8% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,823 | West Nottingham Township PA | 2,864 | $77K | 9.5% | 6.2% | 6% | 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.
The towns around Grant Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | C+ | C− | 29 min | $73,500 |
| Ashland Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 30 min | $67,778 |
| Brooks Township | under 3% | B− | D | 34 min | $77,734 |
| Ensley Township | under 3% | A− | C | 31 min | $75,954 |
| Tyrone Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 27 min | $69,773 |
| Grant | 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grant: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Grant. 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?
$73,500 (±$11,326) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
9.8%, 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. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (14%, 27 mi), Newaygo (6%, 5 mi), Walker (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Grant Township walkable?
Grant Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.