Ladue vs Maplewood

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

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

Ladue has the higher population (8,948 vs 8,154 in Maplewood). Ladue has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $65,510 in Maplewood). Ladue has the higher median home value ($1,027,000 vs $231,500 in Maplewood).

Population, income & housing

	Ladue	Maplewood
Population	8,948	8,154
Median age	48.4 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$65,510
Median home value	$1,027,000	$231,500
Median gross rent	$1,813	$898
Housing units	3,508	4,603
Homeownership rate	95.6%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.8%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladue	Maplewood
Population	8,601 → 8,948 (+4.0%)	8,051 → 8,154 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$214,875 → $250,001 (+16.3%)	$48,278 → $65,510 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$831,800 → $1,027,000 (+23.5%)	$189,600 → $231,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,814 → $1,813 (-0.1%)	$763 → $898 (+17.7%)

Ladue

Population

8,6018,948

Median household income

$214,875$250,001

Median home value

$831,800$1,027,000

Median gross rent

$1,814$1,813

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)

	Ladue	Maplewood
Under 5	7.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.5%	25.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	6.8%
75 and over	9.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladue	Maplewood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	71.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladue	Maplewood
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	2.7%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	8.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	52.2%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladue	Maplewood
Drove alone	78.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	16.0%	10.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladue	Maplewood
1-unit, detached	99.8%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Ladue	Maplewood
Poverty rate	1.5%	10.5%
Average household size	2.64	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1955	1948