Maplewood vs Olivette

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

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

Olivette has the higher population (8,539 vs 8,154 in Maplewood). Olivette has the higher median household income ($105,898 vs $65,510 in Maplewood). Olivette has the higher median home value ($450,100 vs $231,500 in Maplewood).

Population, income & housing

	Maplewood	Olivette
Population	8,154	8,539
Median age	33.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,510	$105,898
Median home value	$231,500	$450,100
Median gross rent	$898	$1,515
Housing units	4,603	3,546
Homeownership rate	44.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	68.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maplewood	Olivette
Population	8,051 → 8,154 (+1.3%)	7,849 → 8,539 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$48,278 → $65,510 (+35.7%)	$86,250 → $105,898 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$189,600 → $231,500 (+22.1%)	$338,100 → $450,100 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $898 (+17.7%)	$1,133 → $1,515 (+33.7%)

Maplewood

Population

8,0518,154

Median household income

$48,278$65,510

Median home value

$189,600$231,500

Median gross rent

$763$898

Olivette

Population

7,8498,539

Median household income

$86,250$105,898

Median home value

$338,100$450,100

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maplewood	Olivette
Under 5	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	25.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.3%
75 and over	2.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maplewood	Olivette
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	52.6%
Black or African American	9.0%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	20.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	11.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maplewood	Olivette
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	18.5%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	39.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maplewood	Olivette
Drove alone	79.5%	67.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	3.8%
Public transit	4.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.4%	23.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maplewood	Olivette
1-unit, detached	49.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	14.5%
20 or more units	13.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Maplewood	Olivette
Poverty rate	10.5%	4.5%
Average household size	1.89	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1948	1961