Excelsior vs Maple Plain

A side-by-side comparison of Excelsior and Maple Plain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Excelsior has the higher population (2,359 vs 1,889 in Maple Plain). Excelsior has the higher median household income ($108,611 vs $93,000 in Maple Plain). Excelsior has the higher median home value ($839,500 vs $346,600 in Maple Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior	Maple Plain
Population	2,359	1,889
Median age	43.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,611	$93,000
Median home value	$839,500	$346,600
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,097
Housing units	1,417	796
Homeownership rate	48.8%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior	Maple Plain
Population	2,434 → 2,359 (-3.1%)	1,861 → 1,889 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $108,611 (+55.2%)	$66,641 → $93,000 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$617,100 → $839,500 (+36.0%)	$248,900 → $346,600 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,125 (+18.5%)	$915 → $1,097 (+19.9%)

Excelsior

Population

2,4342,359

Median household income

$70,000$108,611

Median home value

$617,100$839,500

Median gross rent

$949$1,125

Maple Plain

Population

1,8611,889

Median household income

$66,641$93,000

Median home value

$248,900$346,600

Median gross rent

$915$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior	Maple Plain
Under 5	3.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	19.5%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.7%
75 and over	7.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior	Maple Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior	Maple Plain
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	22.5%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior	Maple Plain
Drove alone	73.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	17.9%	19.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior	Maple Plain
1-unit, detached	44.9%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	10.4%
20 or more units	17.5%	24.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior	Maple Plain
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1968	1975