Work & commute · Grant

Work & commute in Grant, MI

Most working residents leave Grant for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (14%), Newaygo (6%) and Walker (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 1,378 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 1,341 Grant residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant.

1,341live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grant goes to work

Grand Rapids27.1 mi away

14%199

Newaygo5.4 mi away

6%76

Walker24.3 mi away

5%66

Sparta12.9 mi away

4%56

Wyoming31.7 mi away

3%42

Grant3.1 mi away

3%40

Kentwood33 mi away

3%38

Grant (in town)right here

3%37

Cascade33.7 mi away

3%35

Plainfield20.2 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%756

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.

18%

33%

34%

15%

18%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grant is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant are

355 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

355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Grant residents hold

1,378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+44%

Jobs based in Grant, 2011 → 2021: 247 → 355. 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.