Amboy vs Mapleton

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Mapleton: population, income, housing, and more.

Amboy and Mapleton are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mapleton has the higher population (1,745 vs 553 in Amboy). Mapleton has the higher median household income ($82,031 vs $78,214 in Amboy). Mapleton has the higher median home value ($176,400 vs $125,300 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Mapleton
Population	553	1,745
Median age	45.5 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,214	$82,031
Median home value	$125,300	$176,400
Median gross rent	$760	$772
Housing units	259	669
Homeownership rate	84.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Mapleton
Population	651 → 553 (-15.1%)	1,716 → 1,745 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $78,214 (+54.5%)	$61,793 → $82,031 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $125,300 (+33.0%)	$124,300 → $176,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $760 (+27.7%)	$664 → $772 (+16.3%)

Amboy

Population

651553

Median household income

$50,625$78,214

Median home value

$94,200$125,300

Median gross rent

$595$760

Mapleton

Population

1,7161,745

Median household income

$61,793$82,031

Median home value

$124,300$176,400

Median gross rent

$664$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Mapleton
Under 5	5.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.2%
75 and over	13.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Mapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Mapleton
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Mapleton
Drove alone	89.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	1.5%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Mapleton
1-unit, detached	86.1%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Mapleton
Poverty rate	11.9%	13.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1956