Work & commute · Maple Rapids

Work & commute in Maple Rapids, MI

Most working residents leave Maple Rapids for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (16%), St. Johns (11%) and Essex (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 256 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Maple Rapids residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Rapids.

255live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Rapids goes to work

Lansing27.9 mi away

16%40

St. Johns9.9 mi away

11%28

Essex2.8 mi away

5%12

Delta26.3 mi away

4%11

East Lansing26.8 mi away

4%10

Meridian29.6 mi away

3%8

Carson City9.6 mi away

3%7

Dallas8.9 mi away

3%7

Lansing26 mi away

2%6

Ionia21.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%122

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

How far

How far Maple Rapids commutes

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

23%

17%

40%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Rapids is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maple Rapids are

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

Jobs based in Maple Rapids

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Maple Rapids residents hold

256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−12%

Jobs based in Maple Rapids, 2011 → 2021: 26 → 23. 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.