Work & commute · Granger

Work & commute in Granger, WA

Most working residents leave Granger for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Yakima (13%), Sunnyside (10%) and Toppenish (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 1,178 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,112 Granger residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granger.

1,112live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granger goes to work

Yakima24 mi away

13%157

Sunnyside9.2 mi away

10%123

Granger (in town)right here

6%66

Toppenish6.2 mi away

5%58

Grandview15.2 mi away

4%47

Zillah5.8 mi away

4%45

Richland43.1 mi away

3%35

Prosser22.4 mi away

2%25

Kennewick49.6 mi away

2%22

Seattle134.5 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%580

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

How far

How far Granger commutes

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

40%

28%

14%

19%

40%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granger is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Granger are

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

Jobs based in Granger

568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Granger residents hold

1,178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+26%

Jobs based in Granger, 2013 → 2023: 452 → 568. 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.