Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0About two in three of Mapleton’s working residents commute to Fargo
Jobs & income A−: better than 83% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D−: more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Mapleton; the top destination outside it is Fargo (64%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Mapleton, in brief
More than half of Mapleton works in Fargo
462 working residents, 64%, have their main job in Fargo, 11 miles away. That’s 32 times as many as work in Mapleton itself. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
69% of the jobs in Mapleton are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Mapleton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mapleton went from 436 in 2013 to 768 in 2023, +76%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 726 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Mapleton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mapleton is better than 83% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Mapleton’s grade up (1.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Mapleton’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, Mapleton could be anywhere from A− to A.
64% of working residents work in Fargo
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mapleton clocks in
64% of workers
14% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
80% of the jobs in Mapleton pay over $3,333 a month
768 jobs are based in Mapleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mapleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mapleton, 2013 → 2023: 436 → 768. 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 710 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 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.
About 24 minutes each way, longer than most of North Dakota
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mapleton workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 666 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Mapleton commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Mapleton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mapleton is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Mapleton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 775 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 0.0 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). 0.0% of Mapleton households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mapleton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mapleton is 518th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mapleton, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Reed Township ND | 1,151 | $131K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 237 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 455 | Sundre Township ND | 1,024 | $107K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 516 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 517 | Armada MI | 1,681 | $102K | 6.1% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
| 518 | Mapleton ND | 1,496 | $119K | 1.9% | 0.8% | 2% | A− |
| 519 | Ben Avon PA | 1,824 | $103K | 7.2% | 3.8% | 2% | A− |
| 520 | Sharon Township MI | 1,774 | $106K | 5.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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.
Mapleton and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Mapleton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mapleton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | – | A− | D− | 24 min | $119,432 |
| Mapleton Township | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Durbin Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Harmony Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Raymond Township | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mapleton Township, Durbin Township, Harmony Township and Raymond Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Mapleton: questions
What is the median household income in Mapleton?
$119,432 (±$7,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mapleton?
1.9%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mapleton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mapleton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (64%, 11 mi), West Fargo (14%, 7 mi), Moorhead (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mapleton walkable?
Mapleton is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mapleton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mapleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mapleton
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.