Grawn has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Grawn itself; outside it, Traverse City draws the most (34%, 8 miles). Employers in Grawn report 45 jobs for 310 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Grawn, in a few figures
Grawn is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Grawn, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grawn has about 540 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Grawn residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
One in three of Grawn works in Traverse City
105 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Traverse City, 7.7 miles away. That’s far more as work in Grawn itself. The commute map ↓
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 310 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Grawn on a workday afternoon
On a workday 309 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Grawn on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where in the region Grawn works
About 20% 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.
Where people from Grawn work
Where Grawn clocks in
34% of workers
18% of workers
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.
In Grawn, 80% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grawn, 2011 → 2021: 90 → 45. 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 Grawn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Grawn: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grawn workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 527 commuters (the 2% 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.
Work in the towns next to Grawn
The biggest share goes to Green Lake Township (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grawn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grawn | – | — | — | 25 min | $57,908 |
| Green Lake Township | 6% | B | C− | 24 min | $92,784 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grawn’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 Grawn: questions
What is the median household income in Grawn?
$57,908 (±$7,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grawn?
18.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grawn?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grawn work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (34%, 8 mi), Garfield Township (18%, 5 mi), Green Lake Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Grawn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grawn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grawn
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.