Work & commute · Grant

Work & commute in Grant, MI

Most working residents leave Grant for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Calumet (27%), Hancock (19%) and Houghton (10%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 73 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 69 Grant residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant.

69live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grant goes to work

Calumet29 mi away

27%20

Hancock38.9 mi away

19%14

Houghton38.6 mi away

10%7

Allouez22.9 mi away

7%5

Houghton58 mi away

7%5

Grant (in town)right here

5%4

Iron Mountain109.2 mi away

3%2

Caspian99.2 mi away

1%1

Sturgis405.4 mi away

1%1

Muskegon298.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%13

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.

21%

56%

18%

5%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

56%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grant is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant are

115 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

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Grant residents hold

73 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+1178%

Jobs based in Grant, 2011 → 2021: 9 → 115. 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.