Photo: Orange Suede Sofa · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Grandview (6.7%) is higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C−: better than 16% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #266 of 285 in Washington.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns · #229 of 285 in Washington.
Household incomes here are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Washington 27, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Grandview; the top destination outside it is Sunnyside (15%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Grandview
Few Grandview workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Grandview and Sunnyside trade workers both ways
Sunnyside is the top workplace for Grandview residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Grandview come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Grandview are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Grandview are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 Grandview’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grandview is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #266 of 285 in Washington. Job access by car holds Grandview’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grandview could be anywhere from D to C+.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Washington
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grandview workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,552 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
15% of working residents work in Sunnyside
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Grandview clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 3,316 jobs in Grandview are
3,316 jobs are based in Grandview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grandview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grandview, 2013 → 2023: 2,778 → 3,316. 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,370 residents head out to work, 647 work right here, and 2,669 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Grandview commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Grandview start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grandview is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #229 of 285 in Washington. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.9% across Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,656 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 51% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 4.0% of Grandview households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grandview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grandview is 2,422nd of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Grandview, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Bothell East WA | 14,578 | $199K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,420 | Canton IL | 13,297 | $53K | 15.2% | 7.2% | 34% | C− |
| 2,421 | Big Rapids MI | 8,623 | $44K | 34.1% | 4.3% | 28% | C− |
| 2,422 | Grandview WA | 12,062 | $61K | 17.9% | 6.7% | 16% | C− |
| 2,423 | Española NM | 10,458 | $48K | 20.4% | 4.4% | 18% | C− |
| 2,424 | Brazil IN | 8,343 | $52K | 18.6% | 5.9% | 14% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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.
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 Grandview: questions
What is the median household income in Grandview?
$61,106 (±$11,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grandview?
17.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grandview?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grandview work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sunnyside (15%, 7 mi), Yakima (9%, 39 mi), Prosser (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grandview walkable?
Grandview is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grandview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grandview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grandview
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.