Maplewood vs Shoreview

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

Maplewood and Shoreview 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 26,724 in Shoreview). Shoreview has the higher median household income ($109,399 vs $88,534 in Maplewood). Shoreview has the higher median home value ($365,100 vs $291,300 in Maplewood).

Population, income & housing

	Maplewood	Shoreview
Population	40,981	26,724
Median age	39.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,534	$109,399
Median home value	$291,300	$365,100
Median gross rent	$1,316	$1,502
Housing units	16,227	11,644
Homeownership rate	71.2%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	63.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maplewood	Shoreview
Population	40,545 → 40,981 (+1.1%)	26,791 → 26,724 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$70,484 → $88,534 (+25.6%)	$92,826 → $109,399 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $291,300 (+34.1%)	$275,800 → $365,100 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,316 (+16.2%)	$1,214 → $1,502 (+23.7%)

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

Shoreview

Population

26,79126,724

Median household income

$92,826$109,399

Median home value

$275,800$365,100

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,502

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maplewood	Shoreview
Under 5	6.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.1%
75 and over	7.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maplewood	Shoreview
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	76.9%
Black or African American	8.6%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	22.4%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maplewood	Shoreview
No high school diploma	8.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	24.3%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maplewood	Shoreview
Drove alone	71.2%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.4%
Public transit	1.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	18.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maplewood	Shoreview
1-unit, detached	57.1%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	19.7%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Maplewood	Shoreview
Poverty rate	10.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1980	1981