Maple Rapids vs Westphalia

A side-by-side comparison of Maple Rapids and Westphalia: population, income, housing, and more.

Maple Rapids and Westphalia are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westphalia has the higher population (890 vs 724 in Maple Rapids). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($74,750 vs $50,357 in Maple Rapids). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($225,700 vs $112,500 in Maple Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Maple Rapids	Westphalia
Population	724	890
Median age	36.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,357	$74,750
Median home value	$112,500	$225,700
Median gross rent	$432	$883
Housing units	296	357
Homeownership rate	74.0%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maple Rapids	Westphalia
Population	541 → 724 (+33.8%)	989 → 890 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$46,597 → $50,357 (+8.1%)	$59,196 → $74,750 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $112,500 (+38.0%)	$158,600 → $225,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $432 (-24.5%)	$688 → $883 (+28.3%)

Maple Rapids

Population

541724

Median household income

$46,597$50,357

Median home value

$81,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$572$432

Westphalia

Population

989890

Median household income

$59,196$74,750

Median home value

$158,600$225,700

Median gross rent

$688$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maple Rapids	Westphalia
Under 5	2.3%	9.4%
5 to 17	23.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.1%	6.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.2%	10.6%
75 and over	4.8%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maple Rapids	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maple Rapids	Westphalia
No high school diploma	10.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maple Rapids	Westphalia
Drove alone	82.8%	66.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.1%	22.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maple Rapids	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	77.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maple Rapids	Westphalia
Poverty rate	39.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1967