Maplewood vs St. Paul

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

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

St. Paul has the higher population (307,762 vs 40,981 in Maplewood). Maplewood has the higher median household income ($88,534 vs $73,055 in St. Paul). Maplewood has the higher median home value ($291,300 vs $280,300 in St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	Maplewood	St. Paul
Population	40,981	307,762
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,534	$73,055
Median home value	$291,300	$280,300
Median gross rent	$1,316	$1,248
Housing units	16,227	131,376
Homeownership rate	71.2%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maplewood	St. Paul
Population	40,545 → 40,981 (+1.1%)	304,547 → 307,762 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$70,484 → $88,534 (+25.6%)	$57,876 → $73,055 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $291,300 (+34.1%)	$208,000 → $280,300 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,316 (+16.2%)	$968 → $1,248 (+28.9%)

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

St. Paul

Population

304,547307,762

Median household income

$57,876$73,055

Median home value

$208,000$280,300

Median gross rent

$968$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maplewood	St. Paul
Under 5	6.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.9%
75 and over	7.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maplewood	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	50.6%
Black or African American	8.6%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	22.4%	17.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maplewood	St. Paul
No high school diploma	8.8%	11.1%
High school graduate	24.3%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maplewood	St. Paul
Drove alone	71.2%	59.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.0%
Public transit	1.7%	6.5%
Walked	0.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	15.7%	18.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maplewood	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	57.1%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	11.7%
20 or more units	19.7%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Maplewood	St. Paul
Poverty rate	10.0%	15.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1980	1952