Grant Valley Township has lower unemployment (0.5%) than 97% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Grant Valley Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D. Hardly any work in Grant Valley Township itself; outside it, Bemidji draws the most (57%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Grant Valley Township stands out on work
More than half of Grant Valley Township works in Bemidji
647 working residents, 57%, have their main job in Bemidji, 6.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 57 times as many as work in Grant Valley Township itself. The commute map ↓
Grant Valley Township is a place people come home to
There are 137 jobs based in Grant Valley Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grant Valley Township has about 1,300 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Grant Valley Township residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Grant Valley Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Grant Valley Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grant Valley Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Grant Valley Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grant Valley Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The places Grant Valley Township commutes to
Where Grant Valley Township clocks in
57% of workers
3% 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.
How a workday changes Grant Valley Township
On a workday 1,126 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Grant Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.12 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 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Grant Valley Township
About 18% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant Valley Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 960 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Grant Valley Township works in goods: 42% of its jobs
137 jobs are based in Grant Valley Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Valley Township, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 137. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grant Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Grant Valley Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grant Valley Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Grant Valley 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 1,104 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). 2.1% of Grant Valley Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Grant Valley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Grant Valley Township is 1,257th of 5,552 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Empire MN | 3,063 | $148K | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,255 | Ridgetop TN | 2,156 | $85K | 3.5% | 6.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,256 | Jackson Township IN | 2,778 | $76K | 5.6% | 3.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,257 | Grant Valley Township MN | 2,346 | $80K | 5.6% | 0.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,258 | Lyme NH | 1,715 | $134K | 4.4% | 4.9% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,259 | Liberty Township OH | 1,673 | $98K | 4.0% | 1.2% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Valley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
61% of Grant Valley Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Valley Township | – | B+ | D | 18 min | $80,109 |
| Bemidji Township | 2% | B− | B− | 19 min | $82,750 |
| Bemidji | 57% | C− | A | 17 min | $55,405 |
| Rockwood Township | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Eckles Township | under 1% | B− | B− | 22 min | $78,125 |
| Jones Township | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Fern Township | under 1% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Northern Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $99,848 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rockwood Township, Jones Township and Fern Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bemidji. Darker towns draw more of Grant Valley 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 2023, 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 Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grant Valley Township?
$80,109 (±$17,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Valley Township?
5.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant Valley Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Valley Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (57%, 7 mi), Red Lake (3%, 29 mi), Cass Lake (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grant Valley Township walkable?
Grant Valley Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant Valley 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 Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grant Valley Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.