Most of Maumee Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% work in Maumee Township; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (35%, 16 miles). 470 jobs are based in Maumee Township for 1,025 working residents. Maumee Township grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Maumee Township
Maumee Township and Fort Wayne trade workers both ways
Fort Wayne is the top workplace for Maumee Township residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Maumee Township come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Maumee Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Maumee Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maumee Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #123 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Maumee Township’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($71,136, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maumee Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where Maumee Township’s working residents head each day
Where Maumee Township clocks in
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Maumee Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maumee Township, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 470. 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 Maumee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Maumee Township
On a workday 986 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 431 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Maumee Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Getting to work from Maumee Township takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maumee Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,296 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
How many miles Maumee Township commutes
About 20% 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.
The commute in Maumee Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maumee Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #470 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Maumee Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,372 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 12.2% of Maumee Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Maumee Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Maumee Township next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700: 874th of 4,969 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 68 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 207 | Wills Township IN | 2,111 | $113K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
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| 872 | St. Johns AZ | 3,336 | $132K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 13% | A− |
| 873 | Pioneer Village KY | 2,794 | $84K | 11.6% | 1.6% | <1% | A− |
| 874 | Maumee Township IN | 2,757 | $71K | 4.2% | 1.8% | 4% | A− |
| 875 | Liberty Township OH | 2,464 | $113K | 9.5% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| 876 | Newburgh IN | 3,442 | $75K | 6.2% | 2.1% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Maumee Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Maumee Township
The biggest share goes to Milan Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maumee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maumee Township | – | A− | C− | 23 min | $71,136 |
| Milan Township | 8% | A+ | D− | 28 min | $120,476 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maumee Township’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 Maumee Township: questions
What is the median household income in Maumee Township?
$71,136 (±$22,923) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maumee Township?
4.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maumee Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maumee Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (35%, 16 mi), New Haven (10%, 11 mi), Milan Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maumee Township walkable?
Maumee Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maumee Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maumee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maumee Township
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.