Work & commute · Maple Ridge

Work & commute in Maple Ridge, MI

Most working residents leave Maple Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (36%), Alpena (24%) and Wilson (1%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 587 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 575 Maple Ridge residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Ridge.

575live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Ridge goes to work

Alpena6.8 mi away

36%209

Alpena8.4 mi away

24%142

Maple Ridge (in town)right here

2%12

Wilson9.1 mi away

1%8

Traverse City103.5 mi away

1%7

Hillman22.2 mi away

1%7

Ypsilanti201.6 mi away

1%6

Gaylord55.5 mi away

1%5

Sanborn17.5 mi away

1%5

Garfield105.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%181

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

How far

How far Maple Ridge commutes

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

55%

13%

30%

55%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Ridge is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maple Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Maple Ridge

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Maple Ridge residents hold

587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+548%

Jobs based in Maple Ridge, 2011 → 2021: 21 → 136. 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.