Work & commute · Grandville

Work & commute in Grandville, MI

Most working residents leave Grandville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (21%), Wyoming (12%) and Kentwood (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

685 of 7,187 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,502 Grandville residents head out of town to work, 685 work right here, and 14,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grandville.

6,502live here, work elsewhere

685live and work here

14,038work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grandville goes to work

Grand Rapids6.4 mi away

21%1,519

Wyoming2.4 mi away

12%861

Grandville (in town)right here

10%685

Kentwood8.1 mi away

6%443

Cascade13.2 mi away

4%297

Walker6.6 mi away

4%286

Georgetown4.7 mi away

3%229

Byron6.3 mi away

3%220

Zeeland14.6 mi away

2%169

Holland17.3 mi away

2%119

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,359

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

How far

How far Grandville commutes

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

61%

24%

11%

61%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grandville is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grandville are

14,723 jobs are based in Grandville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grandville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grandville

14,723 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Grandville residents hold

7,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+20%

Jobs based in Grandville, 2011 → 2021: 12,275 → 14,723. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.