Work & commute · Granger

Work & commute in Granger, IN

Most working residents leave Granger for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (22%), Mishawaka (15%) and Elkhart (10%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

548 of 13,638 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 13,090 Granger residents head out of town to work, 548 work right here, and 3,094 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granger.

13,090live here, work elsewhere

548live and work here

3,094work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granger goes to work

South Bend8.1 mi away

22%3,061

Mishawaka4.5 mi away

15%2,093

Elkhart9.4 mi away

10%1,372

Notre Dame6 mi away

9%1,267

Penn6.2 mi away

4%559

Granger (in town)right here

4%548

Goshen19.4 mi away

2%318

Clay4.6 mi away

2%280

Center135.6 mi away

1%141

Portage8.7 mi away

1%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,860

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.

64%

16%

15%

64%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granger is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Granger are

3,642 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

3,642 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Granger residents hold

13,638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+11%

Jobs based in Granger, 2013 → 2023: 3,270 → 3,642. 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.