Most of Maple Grove commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
81 jobs are based in Maple Grove for 421 working residents. Hardly any stay in Maple Grove for work; outside it, Barron is the main destination (14%, 4 miles). Working residents average 21 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Maple Grove
Who commutes out of Maple Grove, and who commutes in
On a workday 419 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Maple Grove on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 Maple Grove’s working residents head each day
Where Maple Grove clocks in
14% 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.
Goods jobs make up 64% of work in Maple Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Grove, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 81. 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 Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Maple Grove spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 408 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Maple Grove
About 26% 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.
Next door to Maple Grove
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maple Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Grove | – | — | — | 21 min | $59,000 |
| Arland | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Prairie Lake | under 2% | C+ | D | 25 min | $71,250 |
| Dallas | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Barron | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Arland and Dallas: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Barron: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maple Grove’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 Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Grove?
$59,000 (±$17,971) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Grove?
12.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple Grove?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple Grove work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barron (14%, 4 mi), Rice Lake (10%, 12 mi), Prairie Farm (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maple Grove without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Grove
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.