Jobs and earnings in Maple Falls, and the trip to work
74 jobs are based in Maple Falls for 109 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Washington as a whole has 20%. Only 2% work in Maple Falls itself; outside it, Bellingham draws the most (27%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Maple Falls
On a workday 107 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Maple Falls on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
Out of Maple Falls to work: where people go
Where Maple Falls clocks in
27% of workers
6% 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 Maple Falls
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Falls, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 74. 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 Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Maple Falls
of Maple Falls workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 123 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Maple Falls
About 19% 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.
Work in the towns next to Maple Falls
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maple Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Falls | – | — | — | — | $34,574 |
| Kendall | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kendall: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maple Falls’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 Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Falls?
$34,574 (±$20,118) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Falls?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Maple Falls work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bellingham (27%, 21 mi), Deming (7%, 9 mi), Seattle (6%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maple Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Falls
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.