Household incomes in Maple Plain are higher than in 72% of U.S. towns
Only 3% stay in Maple Plain for work; outside it, Minneapolis is the main destination (12%, 20 miles). Below the poverty line: 3.7% of residents, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. Maple Plain grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Maple Plain apart on work
Income, poverty and work: Maple Plain’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Maple Plain is better than 94% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($93,750, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Maple Plain’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Maple Plain could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Maple Plain
1,022 jobs are based in Maple Plain.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Plain, 2013 → 2023: 1,771 → 1,022. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maple Plain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Maple Plain
On a workday 736 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 999 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Maple Plain on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Maple Plain’s working residents head each day
Where Maple Plain clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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 Plain: about 24 minutes a trip
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 Plain workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 794 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Maple Plain
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Maple Plain commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maple Plain is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 933 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.0% of Maple Plain households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maple Plain’s commuters take a bus or train.
185th of 5,381: where Maple Plain ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Ocean Ridge FL | 1,868 | $129K | 6.4% | 2.6% | 3% | A |
| 184 | Winterville GA | 1,203 | $111K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| 185 | Maple Plain MN | 1,653 | $94K | 3.7% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 186 | Granger IA | 2,179 | $112K | 3.4% | 2.1% | 2% | A |
| 187 | Oak Ridge TX | 1,671 | $97K | 2.3% | 15.7% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Plain, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work in the towns next to Maple Plain
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maple Plain workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Plain | – | A | C+ | 24 min | $93,750 |
| Independence | 3% | A+ | C | 25 min | $186,597 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Independence. Darker towns draw more of Maple Plain’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 2023, 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 Plain: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Plain?
$93,750 (±$17,581) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Plain?
3.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple Plain?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple Plain work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (12%, 20 mi), Eden Prairie (7%, 15 mi), Plymouth (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maple Plain walkable?
Maple Plain is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maple Plain without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Plain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Plain
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.