Grant has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 3% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%. 48 jobs are based in Grant for 206 working residents. Hardly any work in Grant; the top destination outside it is Tomah (26%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Grant
Grant is a place people come home to
There are 48 jobs based in Grant, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grant has about 330 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Grant workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Grant, and who commutes in
On a workday 204 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Grant on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Grant’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 216 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Out of Grant to work: where people go
Where Grant clocks in
26% of workers
9% 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.
Grant works in goods: 40% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 48. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Grant goes to work
About 28% 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.
Around Grant: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | – | — | — | 23 min | $75,000 |
| Lincoln | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| New Lyme | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Millston | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Greenfield | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln and Greenfield: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. New Lyme and Millston: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grant’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: questions
What is the median household income in Grant?
$75,000 (±$50,167) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant?
2.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tomah (26%, 11 mi), Sparta (9%, 17 mi), La Crosse (5%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grant without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grant
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.