Maplewood vs Sunset Hills

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

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

Sunset Hills has the higher population (9,113 vs 8,154 in Maplewood). Sunset Hills has the higher median household income ($133,895 vs $65,510 in Maplewood). Sunset Hills has the higher median home value ($522,300 vs $231,500 in Maplewood).

Population, income & housing

	Maplewood	Sunset Hills
Population	8,154	9,113
Median age	33.4 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,510	$133,895
Median home value	$231,500	$522,300
Median gross rent	$898	$3,454
Housing units	4,603	3,829
Homeownership rate	44.6%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maplewood	Sunset Hills
Population	8,051 → 8,154 (+1.3%)	8,472 → 9,113 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$48,278 → $65,510 (+35.7%)	$106,094 → $133,895 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$189,600 → $231,500 (+22.1%)	$392,200 → $522,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $898 (+17.7%)	$1,833 → $3,454 (+88.4%)

Maplewood

Population

8,0518,154

Median household income

$48,278$65,510

Median home value

$189,600$231,500

Median gross rent

$763$898

Sunset Hills

Population

8,4729,113

Median household income

$106,094$133,895

Median home value

$392,200$522,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$3,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maplewood	Sunset Hills
Under 5	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	25.8%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.7%
75 and over	2.0%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maplewood	Sunset Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	92.3%
Black or African American	9.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maplewood	Sunset Hills
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	18.5%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maplewood	Sunset Hills
Drove alone	79.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	4.6%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maplewood	Sunset Hills
1-unit, detached	49.8%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	13.6%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Maplewood	Sunset Hills
Poverty rate	10.5%	2.1%
Average household size	1.89	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1948	1978