Work & commute · Grattan

Work & commute in Grattan, MI

Most working residents leave Grattan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (22%), Wyoming (5%) and Cascade (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 1,662 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 1,621 Grattan residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grattan.

1,621live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grattan goes to work

Grand Rapids16.9 mi away

22%359

Wyoming21.7 mi away

5%89

Cascade14 mi away

5%86

Kentwood17.7 mi away

4%72

Walker20.7 mi away

4%71

Plainfield12.5 mi away

4%64

Ada9 mi away

3%52

Grand Rapids12.2 mi away

2%41

Grattan (in town)right here

2%41

Rockford10.5 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%747

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Grattan commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

15%

63%

14%

15%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grattan is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grattan are

213 jobs are based in Grattan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grattan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grattan

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Grattan residents hold

1,662 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+37%

Jobs based in Grattan, 2011 → 2021: 155 → 213. 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.