Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 4.0Maitland has 4.5 jobs for every working resident: 41,276 people commute in to work
25% of workers work from home; Florida has 16%. 42,240 jobs are based in Maitland for 9,431 working residents. For jobs and income Maitland is better than 70% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Maitland: the gist
Maitland fills up on a workday
Maitland has 42,240 jobs, 4.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 52,000 people are in town, more than double the 20,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Maitland draws workers from far and wide
The 42,240 jobs in Maitland are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 23%; the other 75% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Maitland works from home
25% of Maitland workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Maitland is services
89% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Maitland pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Maitland pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Where Maitland’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Maitland’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maitland could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who leaves Maitland for work, and who comes in
On a workday 8,467 residents head out to work and 964 work right here.
About 52,000 people are in Maitland on a workday afternoon, 168% more 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.
Commuting in to Maitland: where workers come from
Where Maitland clocks in
27% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Maitland’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maitland workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,689 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Maitland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maitland, 2013 → 2023: 31,893 → 42,240. 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 Maitland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Maitland
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
In Maitland, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,540 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 21% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 2.0% of Maitland households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Maitland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Maitland next to U.S. towns of 14,000 to 26,000: 812th of 1,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 67 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 118 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 810 | Colonial Heights VA | 18,738 | $77K | 7.9% | 3.6% | 13% | B+ |
| 811 | Oxford Township MI | 23,066 | $114K | 7.0% | 6.0% | 9% | B+ |
| 812 | Maitland FL | 19,511 | $97K | 10.4% | 4.8% | 10% | B+ |
| 813 | Northbridge MA | 16,799 | $111K | 7.9% | 6.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 814 | Winter Gardens CA | 22,131 | $98K | 9.3% | 5.2% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Maitland, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Maitland and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Winter Park (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maitland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland | – | B+ | B | 23 min | $97,150 |
| Eatonville | under 2% | C− | A+ | 25 min | $32,768 |
| Winter Park | 7% | A− | A | 22 min | $105,724 |
| Altamonte Springs | 4% | B− | A− | 26 min | $64,070 |
| Fern Park | under 2% | B | A− | 25 min | $59,428 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maitland’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 Maitland: questions
What is the median household income in Maitland?
$97,150 (±$5,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maitland?
10.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maitland?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maitland work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (27%, 11 mi), Winter Park (7%, 3 mi), Altamonte Springs (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maitland walkable?
Maitland is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maitland without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maitland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maitland
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.