Work & commute · Maple Forest

Work & commute in Maple Forest, MI

Most working residents leave Maple Forest for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grayling (14%), Gaylord (7%) and Grayling (6%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 208 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 205 Maple Forest residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Forest.

205live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Forest goes to work

Grayling10.8 mi away

14%30

Gaylord14.5 mi away

7%14

Grayling9.1 mi away

6%13

Traverse City46.6 mi away

5%10

Lovells9.9 mi away

3%6

Lansing144.8 mi away

2%4

Frederic7.7 mi away

2%4

Ypsilanti187 mi away

2%4

Auburn Hills163.5 mi away

1%3

Wyoming142.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%117

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Maple Forest commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

14%

29%

18%

39%

14%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Forest is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.04 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Maple Forest are

8 jobs are based in Maple Forest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maple Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maple Forest

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Maple Forest residents hold

208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−43%

Jobs based in Maple Forest, 2011 → 2021: 14 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.