Maplewood vs White Bear Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Maplewood and White Bear Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Maplewood and White Bear Lake 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 24,026 in White Bear Lake). Maplewood has the higher median household income ($88,534 vs $79,712 in White Bear Lake). White Bear Lake has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $291,300 in Maplewood).

Population, income & housing

	Maplewood	White Bear Lake
Population	40,981	24,026
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,534	$79,712
Median home value	$291,300	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,316	$1,540
Housing units	16,227	10,937
Homeownership rate	71.2%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maplewood	White Bear Lake
Population	40,545 → 40,981 (+1.1%)	25,673 → 24,026 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$70,484 → $88,534 (+25.6%)	$71,709 → $79,712 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $291,300 (+34.1%)	$226,000 → $318,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,316 (+16.2%)	$1,134 → $1,540 (+35.8%)

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

White Bear Lake

Population

25,67324,026

Median household income

$71,709$79,712

Median home value

$226,000$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maplewood	White Bear Lake
Under 5	6.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.8%
75 and over	7.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maplewood	White Bear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	81.7%
Black or African American	8.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	22.4%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maplewood	White Bear Lake
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	24.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maplewood	White Bear Lake
Drove alone	71.2%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.8%
Public transit	1.7%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	18.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maplewood	White Bear Lake
1-unit, detached	57.1%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	5.8%
20 or more units	19.7%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maplewood	White Bear Lake
Poverty rate	10.0%	7.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1980	1970