Maplewood vs New Brighton

A side-by-side comparison of Maplewood and New Brighton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maplewood has the higher population (40,981 vs 22,900 in New Brighton). Maplewood has the higher median household income ($88,534 vs $87,272 in New Brighton). New Brighton has the higher median home value ($345,900 vs $291,300 in Maplewood).

Population, income & housing

	Maplewood	New Brighton
Population	40,981	22,900
Median age	39.3 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,534	$87,272
Median home value	$291,300	$345,900
Median gross rent	$1,316	$1,327
Housing units	16,227	9,506
Homeownership rate	71.2%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maplewood	New Brighton
Population	40,545 → 40,981 (+1.1%)	22,556 → 22,900 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$70,484 → $88,534 (+25.6%)	$74,644 → $87,272 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $291,300 (+34.1%)	$256,600 → $345,900 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,316 (+16.2%)	$1,038 → $1,327 (+27.8%)

Maplewood

Population

40,54540,981

Median household income

$70,484$88,534

Median home value

$217,300$291,300

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,316

New Brighton

Population

22,55622,900

Median household income

$74,644$87,272

Median home value

$256,600$345,900

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,327

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maplewood	New Brighton
Under 5	6.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.0%
75 and over	7.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maplewood	New Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	67.6%
Black or African American	8.6%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	22.4%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maplewood	New Brighton
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	24.3%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maplewood	New Brighton
Drove alone	71.2%	68.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.5%
Public transit	1.7%	1.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.3%
Worked from home	15.7%	17.1%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maplewood	New Brighton
1-unit, detached	57.1%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	12.8%
20 or more units	19.7%	22.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Maplewood	New Brighton
Poverty rate	10.0%	10.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1980	1973