Work & commute · Grant

Work & commute in Grant, MI

Most working residents leave Grant for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tawas City (8%), Plainfield (6%) and East Tawas (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 459 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 454 Grant residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant.

454live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grant goes to work

Tawas City9.6 mi away

8%38

Plainfield9.1 mi away

6%27

East Tawas11.4 mi away

5%22

Baldwin12 mi away

5%21

Tawas6 mi away

3%16

West Branch25.9 mi away

3%12

Standish25.4 mi away

3%12

Sherman6.3 mi away

2%10

Reno5.3 mi away

2%10

Au Gres17.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%282

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.

25%

22%

11%

42%

25%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grant is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant are

88 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

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Grant residents hold

459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+283%

Jobs based in Grant, 2011 → 2021: 23 → 88. 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.