Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Most of Maybee commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Maybee report 57 jobs for 244 working residents. Only 1% work in Maybee itself; outside it, Exeter Township draws the most (7%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Maybee, in a few figures
Maybee is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Maybee, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maybee has about 390 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Maybee workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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 244 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Maybee quiets down on a workday
On a workday 241 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Maybee on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Maybee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maybee workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where Maybee’s working residents head each day
Where Maybee clocks in
5% 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.
Maybee makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maybee, 2011 → 2021: 25 → 57. 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 Maybee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Maybee goes to work
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 Maybee: questions
What is the median household income in Maybee?
$54,706 (±$11,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maybee?
16.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maybee?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maybee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Exeter Township (7%, 3 mi), Detroit (6%, 33 mi), Monroe (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Maybee 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 Maybee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maybee
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.