Work & commute · Grant

Work & commute in Grant, IL

Most working residents leave Grant for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Fox Lake (4%) and Libertyville (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

899 of 12,647 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,748 Grant residents head out of town to work, 899 work right here, and 4,846 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant.

11,748live here, work elsewhere

899live and work here

4,846work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grant goes to work

Chicago44.2 mi away

10%1,245

Fox Lake4.1 mi away

4%490

Libertyville11.6 mi away

3%402

Waukegan14.8 mi away

3%380

McHenry7.1 mi away

3%349

Gurnee11.4 mi away

3%334

Mundelein10 mi away

2%300

Grayslake6.8 mi away

2%297

Vernon Hills13.9 mi away

2%270

Wauconda6.6 mi away

2%250

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%8,330

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

How far

How far Grant commutes

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

27%

41%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grant is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant are

5,745 jobs are based in Grant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grant

5,745 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Grant residents hold

12,647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−15%

Jobs based in Grant, 2013 → 2023: 6,768 → 5,745. 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.