Grant Township has higher unemployment (10.3%) than 95% of U.S. towns
3% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%). Jobs and income earn Grant Township D; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Grant Township is behind 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Grant Township in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Grant Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Grant Township fell from 462 in 2011 to 228 in 2021, −51%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Grant Township is a place people come home to
There are 228 jobs based in Grant Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grant Township has about 2,100 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 ↓
Fewer than half of Grant Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Grant Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 17% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
The figures behind Grant Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grant Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns, #656 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Grant Township’s grade up (13.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grant Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Jobs in Grant Township: what the 228 are
228 jobs are based in Grant Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2011 → 2021: 462 → 228. 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.
Grant Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,119 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 204 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
From Grant Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 1,384 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.
10% of working residents work in Shelby Township
Where Grant Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Half of Grant Township commutes less than 20 miles
About 26% 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.
Most of Grant Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grant Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #543 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,421 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). 1.3% 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.
For jobs and income, Grant Township is 4,158th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 142 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,156 | Douglass Township MI | 2,342 | $67K | 13.1% | 8.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,157 | Eunice NM | 3,037 | $49K | 12.9% | 6.3% | 28% | D |
| 4,158 | Grant Township MI | 3,034 | $58K | 13.9% | 10.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,159 | New Berlin NY | 2,482 | $62K | 16.2% | 6.8% | 7% | D |
| 4,160 | Dalzell SC | 2,946 | $47K | 15.3% | 10.8% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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.
Work next door: 10% of Grant Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | D | C− | 27 min | $57,625 |
| Montague Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 17 min | $90,885 |
| Otto Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Shelby Township | 10% | C− | C | 17 min | $67,736 |
| Claybanks Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Otto Township and Claybanks Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Shelby Township. 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?
$57,625 (±$10,525) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
13.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant Township?
27 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?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelby Township (10%, 7 mi), Muskegon (8%, 20 mi), Whitehall (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Grant Township walkable?
Grant Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.