Photo: Justefrain · CC BY-SA 3.0Maywood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
3,352 jobs are based in Maywood for 8,768 working residents. For jobs and income Maywood is better than 34% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (A+). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Maywood stands out on work
Maywood and Los Angeles trade workers both ways
Los Angeles is the top workplace for Maywood residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Maywood come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Maywood’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the California average of 29. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Maywood’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Maywood’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maywood could be anywhere from C to B−.
26% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Maywood clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Maywood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maywood workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,301 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Maywood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 8,525 residents head out to work, 243 work right here, and 3,109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Maywood on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Maywood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maywood, 2013 → 2023: 3,086 → 3,352. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maywood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Maywood goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Maywood
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,795 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 49% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.5% of Maywood households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Maywood’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Maywood is 1,263rd of 1,577 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 36 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 133 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,261 | Florence AZ | 25,222 | $80K | 6.9% | 6.6% | 9% | C |
| 1,262 | Bethel Township OH | 17,987 | $67K | 14.1% | 7.6% | 9% | C |
| 1,263 | Maywood CA | 23,600 | $61K | 19.4% | 7.8% | 3% | C |
| 1,264 | Oakdale CA | 23,246 | $83K | 14.8% | 10.2% | 16% | C |
| 1,265 | Marshalltown IA | 27,536 | $69K | 14.3% | 5.3% | 47% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Maywood, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Maywood and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Vernon (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maywood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maywood | – | C | A+ | 31 min | $60,943 |
| Vernon | 6% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Huntington Park | 2% | C | A+ | 32 min | $59,996 |
| Bell | under 2% | C | A+ | 30 min | $61,020 |
Same-state neighbors only. Vernon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maywood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Maywood: questions
What is the median household income in Maywood?
$60,943 (±$6,195) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maywood?
19.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maywood?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maywood work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (26%, 13 mi), Vernon (6%, 2 mi), Commerce (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maywood walkable?
Maywood is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.4 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maywood without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 49% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maywood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maywood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.