Work & commute · Maple Lake

Work & commute in Maple Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Maple Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (15%), Maple Lake (12%) and Monticello (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 1,023 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,017 Maple Lake residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Lake.

1,017live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Lake goes to work

Buffalo6.2 mi away

15%157

Maple Lake2.5 mi away

12%122

Monticello9.2 mi away

4%45

Minneapolis38.7 mi away

4%45

Plymouth28.5 mi away

4%44

St. Cloud22.4 mi away

3%31

Eden Prairie36.4 mi away

2%23

Annandale8 mi away

2%22

Bloomington42.3 mi away

2%21

Maple Grove25.7 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%492

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

How far

How far Maple Lake commutes

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

38%

20%

36%

38%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Lake 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 Lake are

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

Jobs based in Maple Lake

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Maple Lake residents hold

1,023 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+51%

Jobs based in Maple Lake, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 269. 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 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.