Unemployment in Granger (15.8%) is among the highest in the country
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Washington has 20%. For jobs and income Granger is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (A−). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 94.7 in Seattle.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Granger: the figures worth knowing
Few Granger workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Granger’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Granger is Yakima, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (157) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A young workforce
31% of Granger’s working residents are 29 or younger. 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.
The figures behind Granger’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Granger’s grade up ($66,250, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Granger could be anywhere from D− to C.
How long Granger spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granger workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,464 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Granger
About 19% 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 568 jobs based in Granger
568 jobs are based in Granger.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granger, 2013 → 2023: 452 → 568. 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.
Granger by day and by night
On a workday 1,112 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 502 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Granger on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
13% of working residents work in Yakima
Where Granger clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Granger
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.8% 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 1,464 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 79% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 3.4% of Granger households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Granger’s commuters take a bus or train.
Granger next to U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,849 | California PA | 4,615 | $49K | 28.9% | 10.8% | 11% | D |
| 3,850 | Gunnison UT | 3,693 | $71K | 20.9% | 4.1% | 25% | D |
| 3,851 | Granger WA | 3,831 | $66K | 23.3% | 15.8% | 6% | D |
| 3,852 | Clare MI | 3,318 | $41K | 18.9% | 6.7% | 17% | D |
| 3,853 | St. James MN | 4,863 | $60K | 18.0% | 7.9% | 40% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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 Granger, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
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?
$66,250 (±$24,778) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granger?
23.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granger?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granger work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yakima (13%, 24 mi), Sunnyside (10%, 9 mi), Toppenish (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granger walkable?
Granger is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granger without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 38% 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.