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Jobs & commute in Maple Township

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Maple Township works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Maple Township itself; outside it, Pine River draws the most (14%, 9 miles). 6 jobs are based in Maple Township, against 140 working residents. For 26% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Minnesota.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Maple Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 139 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

139live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night430
Workday300
430live here− 140head out to work+ 5come in to work= 300on a workday

About 300 people are in Maple Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Maple Township commutes to

Hackensack: 4 residents work here (3%)Pine River: 19 residents work here (14%)Park Rapids: 3 residents work here (2%)Nisswa: 4 residents work here (3%)Lake Shore: 3 residents work here (2%)Brainerd: 9 residents work here (6%)Pequot Lakes: 11 residents work here (8%)Crosslake: 4 residents work here (3%)Baxter: 11 residents work here (8%)Powers TownshipMaple TownshipMoose Lake TownshipLoon Lake TownshipBungo TownshipWilson Township: 6 residents work here (4%)Home Brook TownshipPine RiverPequot LakesBaxterBrainerdWilson TownshipHackensackMaple Township
1
Pine River9.4 mi away
14%19
2
Pequot Lakes8.6 mi away
8%11
3
Baxter19.8 mi away
8%11
4
Brainerd21.1 mi away
6%9
5
Wilson Township7.2 mi away
4%6
6
Hackensack22.9 mi away
3%4
7
Nisswa10.5 mi away
3%4
8
Crosslake18.5 mi away
3%4
9
Park Rapids35.5 mi away
2%3
10
Lake Shore8.2 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%66
The top trips

Where Maple Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Factories, building and farms: 67% of the jobs in Maple Township

Jobs based in Maple TownshipJobs Maple Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms67%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices33%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%31%
Over $3,333 a month33%52%

Who does it

29 or younger33%18%
30 to 5417%45%
55 and older50%37%
−45%

Jobs based in Maple Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 6. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Maple Township: about 29 minutes

A year of commuting
224 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Maple Township29 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
26%

of Maple Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Maple Township gets to work
85%Drive alone
14%Carpool
1%Transit

Share of the 209 commuters (the 26% 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.

How far

How far Maple Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi40 miPine River: 14% · 9.4 miPequot Lakes: 8% · 8.6 miBaxter: 8% · 19.8 miBrainerd: 6% · 21.1 miWilson Township: 4% · 7.2 miHackensack: 3% · 22.9 miNisswa: 3% · 10.5 miCrosslake: 3% · 18.5 miPark Rapids: 2% · 35.5 miLake Shore: 2% · 8.2 miPine River 14%Pequot Lakes 8%Baxter 8%Brainerd 6%Wilson Township 4%Maple Township
Maple TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi36 residents
37%10–24 mi52 residents
9%25–50 mi12 residents
29%Over 50 mi40 residents

About 29% 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 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Maple Township and its neighbors

Loon Lake Township: few work hereMoose Lake Township: few work hereHome Brook Township: few work hereLoon Lake TownshipMoose Lake TownshipHome Brook TownshipMaple Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Loon Lake Township26 min
Maple Township29 min
Home Brook Township29 min
Moose Lake Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownMaple Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Maple Township–——29 min$73,438
Loon Lake Townshipunder 3%——26 min—
Moose Lake Townshipunder 3%——34 min—
Home Brook Townshipunder 3%——29 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Loon Lake Township, Moose Lake Township and Home Brook Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Maple Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Maple Township: questions

What is the median household income in Maple Township?

$73,438 (±$26,793) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Maple Township?

10.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Maple Township?

29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Maple Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine River (14%, 9 mi), Pequot Lakes (8%, 9 mi), Baxter (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Maple Township without a car?

1% 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Maple Township

Maple Township home →

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.