Work & commute · Granger

Work & commute in Granger, IA

Most working residents leave Granger for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (21%), West Des Moines (17%) and Urbandale (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,010 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 987 Granger residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 897 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granger.

987live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

897work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granger goes to work

Des Moines16.7 mi away

21%216

West Des Moines14.5 mi away

17%175

Urbandale8.6 mi away

10%99

Ankeny11.3 mi away

7%66

Johnston6.6 mi away

5%50

Grimes5.6 mi away

4%39

Clive10.1 mi away

3%35

Waukee12 mi away

3%34

Ames21.1 mi away

2%24

Granger (in town)right here

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%249

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Granger commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

65%

24%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granger is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Granger are

920 jobs are based in Granger. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Granger’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Granger

920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Granger residents hold

1,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+342%

Jobs based in Granger, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 920. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.