About half of Mapleton’s working residents commute to Presque Isle
Jobs & income C+: better than 42% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 70% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Maine 25, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Mapleton; the top destination outside it is Presque Isle (48%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Mapleton, in brief
Nearly half of Mapleton works in Presque Isle
385 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Presque Isle, 5.7 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Mapleton itself. The commute map ↓
Mapleton is a place people come home to
There are 236 jobs based in Mapleton, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mapleton has about 1,300 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Mapleton’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Maine average of 25. 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 796 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Mapleton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mapleton is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Mapleton’s grade up ($91,731, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mapleton could be anywhere from D to A−.
48% of working residents work in Presque Isle
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mapleton clocks in
48% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mapleton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 748 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Mapleton on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mapleton workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 863 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Mapleton makes things: 63% of its jobs are in goods
236 jobs are based in Mapleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mapleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mapleton, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 236. 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.
Half of Mapleton commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Mapleton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mapleton is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 967 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.6% of Mapleton households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mapleton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mapleton is 2,793rd of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mapleton, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 287 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 598 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 651 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,791 | Thorndale TX | 1,456 | $64K | 9.9% | 5.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,792 | Bonduel WI | 1,409 | $64K | 9.5% | 1.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,793 | Mapleton ME | 1,909 | $92K | 8.9% | 4.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,794 | Onekama Township MI | 1,328 | $70K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,795 | Bear Lake Township MI | 1,806 | $73K | 4.5% | 4.8% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
Mapleton and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Washburn (2%). Darker towns draw more of Mapleton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mapleton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | – | C+ | C− | 28 min | $91,731 |
| Washburn | 2% | D | C− | 21 min | $56,196 |
| Chapman | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Castle Hill | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chapman and Castle Hill: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Mapleton: questions
What is the median household income in Mapleton?
$91,731 (±$24,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mapleton?
8.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mapleton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mapleton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Presque Isle (48%, 6 mi), Caribou (8%, 12 mi), Easton (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mapleton walkable?
Mapleton is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mapleton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mapleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mapleton
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.