With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Grant Township works elsewhere
There are 248 jobs in Grant Township, against 554 working residents. For jobs and income Grant Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 6% work in Grant Township itself; outside it, Kansas City draws the most (15%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Grant Township apart on work
Grant Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Grant Township is Kansas City, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (84) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Grant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 153 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (34 to 41 minutes). 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; with 554 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Grant Township
Household income holds Grant Township’s grade up ($70,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Grant Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Grant Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Grant Township’s commute, mile by mile
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A commute of about 44 minutes in Grant Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 560 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who commutes out of Grant Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 521 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Grant Township: the destinations
Where Grant Township clocks in
15% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Grant Township: what the 248 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 248. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Grant Township, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 607 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). 3.8% of Grant Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grant Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 3,743rd of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 39 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
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| 59 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 97 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
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| 3,741 | Broad Creek NC | 1,836 | $58K | 7.8% | 2.1% | 3% | C− |
| 3,742 | Washington Township IN | 1,066 | $64K | 17.5% | 5.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,743 | Grant Township MO | 1,412 | $71K | 12.1% | 1.6% | 6% | C− |
| 3,744 | Steuben NY | 1,107 | $66K | 11.6% | 3.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,745 | Nanticoke NY | 1,564 | $69K | 14.6% | 6.8% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
How Grant Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | C− | C− | 44 min | $70,750 |
| Lincoln Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Rockford Township | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Kingston Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln Township, Rockford Township and Kingston Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grant 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grant Township?
$70,750 (±$15,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
12.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant Township?
44 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (15%, 41 mi), Hamilton (6%, 12 mi), Cameron (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grant Township walkable?
Grant Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grant 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.