Photo: Mobilus In Mobili · CC BY-SA 2.0Granby has higher unemployment (13.7%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Granby D; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Granby is behind 89% of U.S. towns. Only 4% work in Granby itself; outside it, Neosho draws the most (18%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Granby in brief
Granby and Neosho trade workers both ways
Neosho is the top workplace for Granby residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Granby come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Granby is a place people come home to
There are 211 jobs based in Granby, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Granby has about 1,600 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. 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; with 748 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Granby’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Granby is better than 6% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Granby’s grade up (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Granby could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Where Granby’s working residents head each day
Where Granby clocks in
18% of workers
16% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Granby
On a workday 719 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Granby on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
Most jobs in Granby are in services
211 jobs are based in Granby.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granby, 2013 → 2023: 282 → 211. 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 Granby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Granby: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granby workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,008 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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 far it is to work from Granby
About 21% 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.
The commute in Granby is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Granby is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Granby 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 1,071 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). 5.5% of Granby households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Granby’s commuters take a bus or train.
Granby and other U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 51 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,937 | Olathe CO | 1,927 | $56K | 25.5% | 6.0% | 8% | D |
| 4,938 | Cass City MI | 2,487 | $53K | 21.2% | 5.4% | 22% | D |
| 4,939 | Granby MO | 2,113 | $49K | 25.6% | 13.7% | 4% | D |
| 4,940 | Vale OR | 2,055 | $50K | 16.4% | 4.8% | 28% | D |
| 4,941 | La Pine OR | 2,563 | $58K | 19.2% | 5.1% | 9% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Granby, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Granby: questions
What is the median household income in Granby?
$48,864 (±$17,766) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granby?
25.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granby?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granby work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Neosho (18%, 8 mi), Joplin (16%, 17 mi), Monett (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granby walkable?
Granby is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granby without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granby
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.