Brentwood vs Maplewood

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

Brentwood 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 8,151 in Brentwood). Brentwood has the higher median household income ($86,641 vs $65,510 in Maplewood). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($276,100 vs $231,500 in Maplewood).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Maplewood
Population	8,151	8,154
Median age	37.7 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,641	$65,510
Median home value	$276,100	$231,500
Median gross rent	$1,380	$898
Housing units	4,452	4,603
Homeownership rate	63.2%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.0%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Maplewood
Population	8,005 → 8,151 (+1.8%)	8,051 → 8,154 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$81,069 → $86,641 (+6.9%)	$48,278 → $65,510 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$228,800 → $276,100 (+20.7%)	$189,600 → $231,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,239 → $1,380 (+11.4%)	$763 → $898 (+17.7%)

Brentwood

Population

8,0058,151

Median household income

$81,069$86,641

Median home value

$228,800$276,100

Median gross rent

$1,239$1,380

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)

	Brentwood	Maplewood
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.5%	25.8%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.8%
75 and over	6.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Maplewood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	71.6%
Black or African American	3.0%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.9%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Maplewood
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	9.3%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	37.3%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Maplewood
Drove alone	73.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.0%
Public transit	2.1%	4.2%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	16.6%	10.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Maplewood
1-unit, detached	52.0%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	18.1%
20 or more units	8.9%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Maplewood
Poverty rate	4.9%	10.5%
Average household size	1.94	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1955	1948