Grant’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Grant A+; getting around on foot earns it B−. The poverty rate is 3.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota. 27% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Grant apart on work
Grant makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Grant are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Grant residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Grant works from home
27% of Grant workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
Grant empties out on a workday
About 2,700 people are in Grant on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 4,000 who live here: 1,800 head out to work and 560 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Grant’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grant is among the top U.S. towns, #15 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Grant’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grant could be anywhere from A to A+.
A place that makes things: 45% of Grant’s jobs are in goods
600 jobs are based in Grant.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant, 2013 → 2023: 489 → 600. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Grant’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,231 commuters (the 27% 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.
A workday in Grant: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,790 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 561 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Grant on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.33 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.
12% of working residents work in St. Paul
Where Grant clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
4% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grant
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.
The commute in Grant is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grant is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #183 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,692 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of Grant households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Grant’s commuters take a bus or train.
47th of 4,084: where Grant ranks among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 17 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| 46 | Hillandale MD | 5,060 | $165K | 3.5% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 47 | Grant MN | 3,954 | $151K | 3.7% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 48 | Split Rock Township SD | 3,086 | $148K | 0.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 49 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Grant and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Stillwater (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | – | A+ | B− | 25 min | $150,875 |
| Dellwood | under 3% | A+ | C− | 26 min | $225,000 |
| Mahtomedi | under 3% | A | B | 24 min | $123,319 |
| Hugo | under 3% | A+ | C | 27 min | $116,228 |
| Stillwater | 4% | A | A− | 20 min | $105,853 |
| Lake Elmo | under 3% | A+ | C | 23 min | $153,669 |
| Stillwater Township | under 3% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $161,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 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: questions
What is the median household income in Grant?
$150,875 (±$30,252) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant?
3.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Paul (12%, 13 mi), Minneapolis (12%, 19 mi), Stillwater (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grant walkable?
Grant is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.