Making a living in Grant
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26. Only 3% work in Grant; the top destination outside it is Grand Rapids (10%, 27 miles). 452 jobs are based in Grant, and 388 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Grant, in a few figures
Grant’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Grant is Grand Rapids, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (39) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in Grant pay little
29% of the jobs based in Grant pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Grant workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 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 388 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Grant
About 16% 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.
What Grant’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant, 2011 → 2021: 462 → 452. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Grant
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 10% 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.
How many people are in Grant by day
On a workday 376 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 440 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 (1.16 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.
Where Grant’s working residents head each day
Where Grant clocks in
6% 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.
Grant and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | – | — | — | 30 min | $58,083 |
| Ashland Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 30 min | $67,778 |
| Grant Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 29 min | $73,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Grant Township. Darker towns draw more of Grant’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: questions
What is the median household income in Grant?
$58,083 (±$12,040) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant?
13.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (10%, 27 mi), Sparta Township (6%, 13 mi), Newaygo (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Grant without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grant
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.