Work & commute · Maple Valley

Work & commute in Maple Valley, MI

Most working residents leave Maple Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Brown City (14%), Sandusky (7%) and Marlette (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 359 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 348 Maple Valley residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Valley.

348live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Valley goes to work

Brown City3 mi away

14%50

Sandusky16.4 mi away

7%26

Marlette11.8 mi away

5%17

Imlay City14.2 mi away

4%13

Bruce24.7 mi away

4%13

Lapeer22.3 mi away

3%11

Maple Valley (in town)right here

3%11

Detroit56.7 mi away

3%9

Flynn6.8 mi away

3%9

Speaker6.1 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%191

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

How far

How far Maple Valley commutes

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

27%

33%

19%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Valley is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maple Valley are

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

Jobs based in Maple Valley

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Maple Valley residents hold

359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+32%

Jobs based in Maple Valley, 2011 → 2021: 71 → 94. 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.