With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Maple Valley works elsewhere
For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Wisconsin has 13%. 138 jobs are based in Maple Valley for 315 working residents. Only 3% work in Maple Valley itself; outside it, Gillett draws the most (8%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Maple Valley
Maple Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (26 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Few Maple Valley workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 315 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Time on the road from Maple Valley: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple Valley workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 225 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who commutes out of Maple Valley, and who commutes in
On a workday 307 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Maple Valley on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Commuting out of Maple Valley: the destinations
Where Maple Valley clocks in
8% 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.
Maple Valley works in goods: 32% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Valley, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 138. 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 Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Maple Valley
About 20% 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.
11% of Maple Valley works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Suring (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maple Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Valley | – | — | — | 39 min | $58,125 |
| Spruce | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Suring | 6% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| How | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Bagley | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Gillett | 5% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spruce, Suring, How and Bagley: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Gillett: 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 Valley’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 Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Valley?
$58,125 (±$13,175) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Valley?
8.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple Valley?
39 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple Valley work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gillett (8%, 7 mi), Green Bay (6%, 36 mi), Suring (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maple Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Valley
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.