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Work & commute · Grant

Work & commute in Grant, MI

Most working residents leave Grant for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (26%), Garfield (14%) and Blair (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
1 of 484 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 483 Grant residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant.

483live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
65work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Grant goes to work

CadillacTraverse CityGrand RapidsAlmiraSuttons BayCedar CreekKassonColfaxWexfordKalkaskaMayfieldGreen LakeLong LakeParadiseBlairEast BayFife LakeGarfieldGrantTraverse CityGarfieldBlairParadiseEast BayGreen LakeSuttons BayKalkaskaCadillacGrand RapidsGrant
1
Traverse City15.4 mi away
26%128
2
Garfield13 mi away
14%66
3
Blair8.7 mi away
4%19
4
Paradise13.2 mi away
4%18
5
East Bay15.5 mi away
4%18
6
Green Lake5.7 mi away
3%14
7
Suttons Bay30.5 mi away
2%12
8
Kalkaska29.6 mi away
2%8
9
Cadillac27.4 mi away
1%7
10
Grand Rapids110.8 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%187

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.

13%Under 10 mi
55%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Grant is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant are

66 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

66 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Grant residents hold

484 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+100%

Jobs based in Grant, 2011 → 2021: 33 → 66. 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.

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