Most of Maple Hill commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Maple Hill report 54 jobs, and 296 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Maple Hill; the top destination outside it is Topeka (21%, 18 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Maple Hill: the figures worth knowing
Maple Hill is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Maple Hill, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maple Hill has about 390 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Maple Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Maple Hill by day and by night
On a workday 295 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Maple Hill on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
From Maple Hill, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple Hill workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 346 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where Maple Hill’s working residents head each day
Where Maple Hill clocks in
21% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
72% of the jobs in Maple Hill pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Hill, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 54. 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 Maple Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Maple Hill commutes less than 19 miles
About 21% 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.
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 Maple Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Hill?
$101,875 (±$10,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Hill?
11.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple Hill?
27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple Hill work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (21%, 18 mi), Manhattan (13%, 32 mi), Alma (9%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maple Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Hill
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.