Jobs and the daily commute in Grant
6% of workers work from home (Wisconsin 13%). At 22 minutes each way, commutes from Grant run about the Wisconsin average. Grant has 172 jobs for 261 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Grant apart
27% of working residents work in Ladysmith
Where Grant clocks in
Lines 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.
Who works in Grant, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 252 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Grant on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
Goods, not services: 28% of the jobs in Grant
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 172. 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.
The trip to work from Grant: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 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 330 commuters (the 7% 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.
How many miles Grant commutes
About 29% 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 towns next door employ 27% of Grant
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | – | — | — | 22 min | $75,536 |
| Ladysmith | 27% | D− | B+ | 18 min | $41,719 |
| Grow | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Willard | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Thornapple | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Flambeau | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grow, Willard and Thornapple: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Flambeau: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ladysmith. 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?
$75,536 (±$8,961) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant?
7.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ladysmith (27%, 4 mi), Eau Claire (4%, 45 mi), Cornell (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grant without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.