Most of Maple commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Maple has 130 jobs; 297 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Maple itself; outside it, Superior draws the most (27%, 19 miles). Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Maple
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 354 commuters (the 7% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Maple
On a workday 286 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Maple on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The towns that employ Maple’s residents
Where Maple clocks in
27% of workers
16% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Maple
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 130. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Maple works
About 24% 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 next door employ 10% of Maple
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maple workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | – | — | — | 34 min | $90,500 |
| Brule | 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Cloverland | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Amnicon | under 2% | B− | D | 28 min | $62,454 |
| Poplar | 4% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lakeside | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Lake Nebagamon | 3% | B | C+ | 39 min | $79,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brule, Poplar and Lakeside: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Cloverland: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Poplar. Darker towns draw more of Maple’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: questions
What is the median household income in Maple?
$90,500 (±$38,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple?
7.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (27%, 19 mi), Duluth (16%, 23 mi), Iron River (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maple without a car?
0% 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple
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.