Most of Maple Rapids commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
At 25 minutes each way, commutes from Maple Rapids run about the Michigan average. There are 23 jobs in Maple Rapids for 256 working residents. Hardly any work in Maple Rapids; the top destination outside it is Lansing (16%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Maple Rapids
Maple Rapids is a place people come home to
There are 23 jobs based in Maple Rapids, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maple Rapids has about 360 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Maple Rapids’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Maple Rapids is Lansing, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (40) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 256 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Maple Rapids
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Maple Rapids on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
How far it is to work from Maple Rapids
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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Maple Rapids’ working residents head each day
Where Maple Rapids clocks in
16% of workers
11% 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.
What Maple Rapids’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Rapids, 2011 → 2021: 26 → 23. 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 Rapids’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Maple Rapids’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple Rapids workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 310 commuters (the 7% 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.
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 Rapids: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Rapids?
$51,786 (±$15,483) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Rapids?
34.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple Rapids?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple Rapids work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (16%, 28 mi), St. Johns (11%, 10 mi), Essex Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Maple Rapids without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Rapids, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Rapids
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.