Work & commute · Grant Valley

Work & commute in Grant Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Grant Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (57%), Red Lake (3%) and Cass Lake (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 1,134 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,126 Grant Valley residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant Valley.

1,126live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grant Valley goes to work

Bemidji6.6 mi away

57%647

Red Lake28.9 mi away

3%36

Cass Lake20 mi away

3%35

Bemidji7.2 mi away

2%24

Bagley18.8 mi away

2%22

Northern10 mi away

2%22

Fargo, ND94.4 mi away

1%15

Minneapolis191.1 mi away

1%14

Lammers8.2 mi away

1%12

Little Rock28.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%296

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

How far

How far Grant Valley commutes

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

65%

18%

65%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grant Valley is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant Valley are

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

Jobs based in Grant Valley

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Grant Valley residents hold

1,134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Grant Valley, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 137. 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 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.