More than half of Maize’s working residents commute to Wichita
Measured by household income, Maize is behind 55% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Maize is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (A−). The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Maize: the figures worth knowing
Jobs in Maize have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Maize went from 747 in 2013 to 3,699 in 2023, +395%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Maize gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Maize’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (12.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maize could be anywhere from C− to A+.
Services make up most of the work in Maize
3,699 jobs are based in Maize.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maize, 2013 → 2023: 747 → 3,699. 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 Maize’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Maize’s working residents head each day
Where Maize clocks in
59% of workers
3% 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.
How a workday changes Maize
On a workday 2,450 residents head out to work, 169 work right here, and 3,530 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,900 people are in Maize on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).
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 from Maize: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maize workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,556 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Maize
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.
Maize is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,063 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). 10.5% of Maize households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maize’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Maize ranks: 1,364th of 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 199 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 252 | Eudora Township KS | 7,870 | $119K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,362 | Huron Township OH | 10,438 | $88K | 4.4% | 5.9% | 18% | B |
| 1,363 | Sheridan IN | 5,746 | $67K | 3.0% | 5.9% | 8% | B |
| 1,364 | Maize KS | 7,853 | $72K | 12.4% | 2.7% | 6% | B |
| 1,365 | Palmyra NJ | 7,664 | $90K | 10.2% | 6.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,366 | Silverton OR | 10,450 | $80K | 10.6% | 1.9% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Maize, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
59% of Maize works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maize workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maize | – | B | A− | 18 min | $72,024 |
| Park Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 18 min | $70,179 |
| Wichita | 59% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $64,620 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A− | C | 22 min | $103,036 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wichita. Darker towns draw more of Maize’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 Maize: questions
What is the median household income in Maize?
$72,024 (±$34,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maize?
12.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maize?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maize work?
6% work in town.
Is Maize walkable?
Maize is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maize without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maize, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maize
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.