Most of Maple Grove commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
7 jobs are based in Maple Grove, and 63 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Maple Grove; the top destination outside it is Traverse City (33%, 13 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Maple Grove on a workday afternoon
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26 people are in Maple Grove on a workday afternoon, 68% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Where Maple Grove’s working residents head each day
Where Maple Grove clocks in
33% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 86% of the jobs in Maple Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Grove, 2011 → 2021: 9 → 7. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maple Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Maple Grove
of Maple Grove workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Maple Grove
About 22% 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 2021.
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 2021, 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 Grove: questions
What is the poverty rate in Maple Grove?
0.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Maple Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (33%, 13 mi), Garfield Township (11%, 11 mi), Blair Township (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Maple Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Grove
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.