Maple River Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Maple River Township C−; getting around on foot earns it B−. 78 jobs are based in Maple River Township for 530 working residents. Hardly any work in Maple River Township; the top destination outside it is Petoskey (16%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Maple River Township in brief
Maple River Township is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Maple River Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maple River Township has about 830 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Maple River Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Maple River Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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 530 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Maple River Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Maple River Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Maple River Township’s grade up ($72,019, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Maple River Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Maple River Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Maple River Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 525 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Maple River Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Goods jobs make up 31% of work in Maple River Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple River Township, 2011 → 2021: 84 → 78. 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 River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Maple River Township ends
Where Maple River Township clocks in
16% of workers
10% 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.
Commuting from Maple River Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple River Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 646 commuters (the 8% 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.
The commute from Maple River Township, by distance
About 24% 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.
For most of Maple River Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maple River Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 702 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). 5.5% of Maple River Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maple River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Maple River Township is 3,465th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 124 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 151 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,463 | Baird TX | 1,532 | $51K | 12.7% | 2.3% | 10% | C− |
| 3,464 | Fairview UT | 1,328 | $66K | 11.1% | 2.9% | 7% | C− |
| 3,465 | Maple River Township MI | 1,279 | $72K | 15.8% | 3.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,466 | Jonesfield Township MI | 1,593 | $60K | 20.3% | 17.4% | 7% | C− |
| 3,467 | Laguna Park TX | 1,596 | $61K | 13.8% | 5.2% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Maple River Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 21% of Maple River Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Little Traverse Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maple River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple River Township | – | C− | B− | 23 min | $72,019 |
| Littlefield Township | 4% | B | B | 18 min | $85,262 |
| Pleasantview Township | 4% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| McKinley Township | 6% | D | C | 25 min | $54,417 |
| Burt Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Little Traverse Township | 7% | B+ | C | 18 min | $88,368 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasantview Township and Burt Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maple River Township’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 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 River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Maple River Township?
$72,019 (±$15,787) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple River Township?
15.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple River Township?
23 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 River Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (16%, 12 mi), Bear Creek Township (10%, 12 mi), Little Traverse Township (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Maple River Township walkable?
Maple River Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maple River Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple River Township
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. 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.