Work & commute · Maple Falls

Work & commute in Maple Falls, WA

Most working residents leave Maple Falls for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bellingham (27%), Deming (7%) and Seattle (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 107 Maple Falls residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Falls.

107live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Falls goes to work

Bellingham20.7 mi away

27%29

Deming9 mi away

7%8

Seattle90.6 mi away

6%7

Lynden16.7 mi away

5%5

Ferndale23.1 mi away

5%5

Anacortes38.4 mi away

4%4

Mount Vernon36.1 mi away

4%4

Everett66.3 mi away

4%4

Burlington33.2 mi away

3%3

Custer24.8 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%37

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

How far

How far Maple Falls commutes

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

18%

50%

13%

19%

18%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Falls is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maple Falls are

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

Jobs based in Maple Falls

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Maple Falls residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+95%

Jobs based in Maple Falls, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 74. 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.