Work & commute · Grant

Work & commute in Grant, MO

Most working residents leave Grant for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Maryville (9%), St. Joseph (9%) and Albany (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

50 of 314 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 264 Grant residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant.

264live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grant goes to work

Grant City (in town)right here

16%50

Maryville26 mi away

9%29

St. Joseph54.6 mi away

9%27

Albany17 mi away

6%18

Kansas City94.3 mi away

4%14

Mount Ayr, IA18.3 mi away

2%5

Kansas City, KS95.8 mi away

2%5

Stanberry19.7 mi away

2%5

Lenox, IA28.5 mi away

1%4

Bethany25.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%153

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%

18%

15%

46%

21%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grant is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant are

230 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

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Grant residents hold

314 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+6%

Jobs based in Grant, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 230. 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.