Work & commute · Maple Lake

Work & commute in Maple Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Maple Lake for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (11%), St. Cloud (5%) and Monticello (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

135 of 1,111 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 976 Maple Lake residents head out of town to work, 135 work right here, and 1,563 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Lake.

976live here, work elsewhere

135live and work here

1,563work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Lake goes to work

Maple Lake (in town)right here

12%135

Buffalo8 mi away

11%121

St. Cloud21.8 mi away

5%53

Monticello11.6 mi away

4%43

Plymouth30.4 mi away

4%43

Minneapolis40.7 mi away

4%39

Annandale5.7 mi away

3%28

Bloomington43.9 mi away

2%25

Maple Lake2.5 mi away

2%25

St. Michael15.7 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%577

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.

31%

25%

35%

31%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Lake is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Maple Lake are

1,698 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

1,698 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Maple Lake residents hold

1,111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+21%

Jobs based in Maple Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,399 → 1,698. 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.