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 (10%), Sparta (6%) and Newaygo (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 376 Grant residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant.

376live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

440work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grant goes to work

Grand Rapids26.9 mi away

10%39

Sparta12.6 mi away

6%22

Newaygo5.8 mi away

4%17

Walker23.5 mi away

4%15

Wyoming31.1 mi away

4%14

Kentwood32.9 mi away

4%14

Grant (in town)right here

3%12

Grant3.1 mi away

3%12

Muskegon23.7 mi away

3%11

Casnovia6.6 mi away

3%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%222

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.

20%

33%

32%

16%

20%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grant is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant are

452 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

452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Grant residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−2%

Jobs based in Grant, 2011 → 2021: 462 → 452. 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.