Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThere are 2.2 jobs in Maumee for every working resident, and 14,855 people commute in
Jobs and income earn Maumee A; getting around on foot earns it B. Maumee has 15,802 jobs, against 7,183 working residents. About one in seven work in Maumee itself; outside it, Toledo draws the most (31%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Maumee stands out on work
A lot of Maumee works one town over
41% of working residents work in a town that borders Maumee: Toledo (31%), Perrysburg Township (4%) and Monclova Township (3%). Next door ↓
Maumee is where the jobs are
Maumee has 15,802 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 22,000 people are in town, 64% more than the 14,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Maumee residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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 Maumee’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maumee is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #147 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($80,833, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maumee could be anywhere from A− to A.
How a workday changes Maumee
On a workday 6,236 residents head out to work and 947 work right here.
About 22,000 people are in Maumee on a workday afternoon, 64% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
How far Maumee goes to work
About 15% 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.
Where Maumee’s workforce comes from
Where Maumee clocks in
31% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Maumee
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maumee, 2013 → 2023: 17,718 → 15,802. 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 Maumee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Maumee: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maumee workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,690 commuters (the 9% 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.
Few in Maumee walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maumee is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #322 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,365 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 46% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 3.1% of Maumee households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Maumee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Maumee places 470th of 2,526 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 468 | Norwalk IA | 15,004 | $103K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
| 469 | Beachwood NJ | 11,340 | $107K | 4.5% | 3.1% | 3% | A |
| 470 | Maumee OH | 13,521 | $81K | 4.9% | 1.6% | 13% | A |
| 471 | Dripping Springs TX | 11,167 | $109K | 2.1% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
| 472 | McFarland WI | 9,145 | $98K | 3.8% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | 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 Maumee, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 41% of Maumee’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maumee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maumee | – | A | B | 20 min | $80,833 |
| Monclova Township | 3% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $117,891 |
| Toledo | 31% | C− | A | 20 min | $49,724 |
| Perrysburg Township | 4% | B | C | 20 min | $73,988 |
| Springfield Township | 3% | B | C | 21 min | $80,694 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Toledo. Darker towns draw more of Maumee’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 Maumee: questions
What is the median household income in Maumee?
$80,833 (±$4,708) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maumee?
4.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maumee?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maumee work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (31%, 8 mi), Perrysburg (5%, 3 mi), Sylvania Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maumee walkable?
Maumee is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maumee without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maumee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maumee
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.