Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Granger works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Granger; the top destination outside it is Austin (21%, 34 miles). Employers in Granger report 147 jobs for 531 working residents. Jobs and income earn Granger B−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Granger, in a few figures
Granger’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Granger is Austin, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (113) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Granger is a place people come home to
There are 147 jobs based in Granger, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Granger has about 840 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Granger workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical 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; with 531 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Granger’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Granger is better than 55% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Granger’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Granger’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, Granger could be anywhere from C to A−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Granger
About 26% 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.
Who leaves Granger for work, and who comes in
On a workday 520 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Granger on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Time on the road from Granger: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granger workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 367 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
The places Granger commutes to
Where Granger clocks in
21% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Granger
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granger, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 147. 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 Granger’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Granger, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Granger is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 423 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). 0.0% of Granger households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Granger’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,441st of 4,866: where Granger ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,439 | Shasta CA | 1,387 | $111K | 8.7% | 12.5% | 3% | B− |
| 1,440 | Monroeville IN | 1,355 | $56K | 4.5% | 2.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,441 | Granger TX | 1,228 | $73K | 11.2% | 6.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,442 | Hall Township IN | 1,249 | $91K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,443 | Caledonia WI | 1,489 | $98K | 14.2% | 2.2% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Granger, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Granger: questions
What is the median household income in Granger?
$73,145 (±$16,229) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granger?
11.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granger?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granger work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (21%, 34 mi), Georgetown (9%, 16 mi), Round Rock (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granger walkable?
Granger is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granger without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granger, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granger
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.