With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Maple Valley Township works elsewhere
There are 59 jobs in Maple Valley Township, against 801 working residents. For jobs and income Maple Valley Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Maple Valley Township, in brief
Maple Valley Township is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Maple Valley Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maple Valley Township has about 1,200 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Maple Valley Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Maple Valley Township is Grand Rapids, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (134) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Maple Valley Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 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 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 801 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Maple Valley Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Maple Valley Township’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
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, poverty and unemployment, Maple Valley Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How a workday changes Maple Valley Township
On a workday 794 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Maple Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Valley Township
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.
From Maple Valley Township, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple Valley Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 972 commuters (the 5% 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.
17% of working residents work in Grand Rapids
Where Maple Valley Township clocks in
4% 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.
29% of the jobs in Maple Valley Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Valley Township, 2011 → 2021: 25 → 59. 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 Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Maple Valley Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,024 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). 1.1% of Maple Valley Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maple Valley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Maple Valley Township comes 1,456th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 100 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,454 | Bonneauville PA | 1,802 | $59K | 6.0% | 2.0% | <1% | B |
| 1,455 | Webster Township IN | 1,743 | $93K | 7.3% | 0.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,456 | Maple Valley Township MI | 1,982 | $84K | 6.9% | 1.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,457 | Lower Alloways Creek Township NJ | 1,745 | $80K | 8.0% | 4.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,458 | Monroe Township OH | 1,622 | $87K | 4.0% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Valley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Maple Valley Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pierson Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maple Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Valley Township | – | B | D | 35 min | $84,219 |
| Pierson Township | 3% | A− | D | 39 min | $86,450 |
| Winfield Township | under 3% | B | C | 31 min | $74,189 |
| Pine Township | under 3% | C | D | 37 min | $82,966 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maple Valley 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 Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Valley Township?
$84,219 (±$18,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Valley Township?
6.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple Valley Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple Valley Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (17%, 30 mi), Walker (5%, 30 mi), Plainfield Township (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Maple Valley Township walkable?
Maple Valley Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maple Valley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Valley 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.