Berkeley vs Maplewood

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

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

Maplewood has the higher population (8,154 vs 8,149 in Berkeley). Maplewood has the higher median household income ($65,510 vs $40,654 in Berkeley). Maplewood has the higher median home value ($231,500 vs $80,000 in Berkeley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Maplewood
Population	8,149	8,154
Median age	28.4 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,654	$65,510
Median home value	$80,000	$231,500
Median gross rent	$1,075	$898
Housing units	3,462	4,603
Homeownership rate	50.3%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Maplewood
Population	8,927 → 8,149 (-8.7%)	8,051 → 8,154 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$33,185 → $40,654 (+22.5%)	$48,278 → $65,510 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $80,000 (+25.6%)	$189,600 → $231,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,075 (+8.3%)	$763 → $898 (+17.7%)

Berkeley

Population

8,9278,149

Median household income

$33,185$40,654

Median home value

$63,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$993$1,075

Maplewood

Population

8,0518,154

Median household income

$48,278$65,510

Median home value

$189,600$231,500

Median gross rent

$763$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Maplewood
Under 5	8.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	25.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	25.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	6.8%
75 and over	4.9%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Maplewood
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	71.6%
Black or African American	84.6%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Maplewood
No high school diploma	14.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	36.7%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Maplewood
Drove alone	58.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	20.1%	3.0%
Public transit	3.8%	4.2%
Walked	0.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	15.2%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Maplewood
1-unit, detached	86.9%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	18.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Maplewood
Poverty rate	34.1%	10.5%
Average household size	2.63	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1957	1948