Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMore people are out of work in Maple Heights (11.6%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 11.7 in Cleveland. Maple Heights grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Maple Heights apart
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Maple Heights are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Maple Heights and Cleveland trade workers both ways
Cleveland is the top workplace for Maple Heights residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Maple Heights come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Maple Heights residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
Inside Maple Heights’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maple Heights is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #876 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Maple Heights’ grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maple Heights could be anywhere from C− to C.
What the 4,042 jobs in Maple Heights are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Heights, 2013 → 2023: 5,214 → 4,042. 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 Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
27% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Maple Heights clocks in
27% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
The distance from Maple Heights to work
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.
The daily flow of workers through Maple Heights
On a workday 9,783 residents head out to work, 283 work right here, and 3,759 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Maple Heights on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 22 minutes each way, about the OH average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,667 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Maple Heights is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maple Heights is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #24 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Maple Heights 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 9,421 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 85% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 34% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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 Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Maple Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Maple Heights ranks: 1,525th of 1,712 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| 4 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,523 | Muskegon Township MI | 17,911 | $55K | 16.6% | 7.9% | 6% | C− |
| 1,524 | Twentynine Palms CA | 25,939 | $63K | 14.5% | 3.9% | 16% | C− |
| 1,525 | Maple Heights OH | 22,902 | $53K | 25.4% | 11.6% | 3% | C− |
| 1,526 | Chambersburg PA | 23,376 | $57K | 15.3% | 7.8% | 27% | C− |
| 1,527 | Selma CA | 24,702 | $60K | 19.0% | 13.3% | 12% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Maple Heights compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Garfield Heights (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maple Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Heights | – | C− | A | 22 min | $53,414 |
| Garfield Heights | 2% | C | A | 21 min | $54,593 |
| Bedford | under 3% | C | A | 20 min | $57,308 |
| Walton Hills | under 3% | A− | C− | 24 min | $106,055 |
| Bedford Heights | 2% | C+ | A | 24 min | $50,269 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maple Heights’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 Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Heights?
$53,414 (±$8,397) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Heights?
25.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple Heights?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple Heights work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (27%, 8 mi), Solon (5%, 6 mi), Independence (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maple Heights walkable?
Maple Heights is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maple Heights without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 34% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Heights
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.