Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Mapleton commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Mapleton has 27 jobs, and 141 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Mapleton; the top destination outside it is Smithfield Township (9%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Mapleton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Mapleton on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
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 Mapleton’s working residents head each day
Where Mapleton clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 85% of jobs based in Mapleton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mapleton, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 27. 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 Mapleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Mapleton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mapleton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 182 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Mapleton works
About 23% 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.
The towns around Mapleton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mapleton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | – | — | — | 29 min | $71,250 |
| Union Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Brady Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $73,393 |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mapleton’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 Mapleton: questions
What is the median household income in Mapleton?
$71,250 (±$15,272) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mapleton?
10.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mapleton?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mapleton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Smithfield Township (9%, 8 mi), Shirley Township (6%, 6 mi), Cromwell Township (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mapleton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.