Maple Heights vs Rocky River

A side-by-side comparison of Maple Heights and Rocky River: population, income, housing, and more.

Maple Heights and Rocky River are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Maple Heights has the higher population (23,350 vs 21,490 in Rocky River). Rocky River has the higher median household income ($93,956 vs $52,823 in Maple Heights). Rocky River has the higher median home value ($327,600 vs $89,600 in Maple Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Maple Heights	Rocky River
Population	23,350	21,490
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	$93,956
Median home value	$89,600	$327,600
Median gross rent	$1,322	$1,155
Housing units	10,041	10,447
Homeownership rate	63.4%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maple Heights	Rocky River
Population	22,383 → 23,350 (+4.3%)	20,198 → 21,490 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$42,805 → $52,823 (+23.4%)	$74,950 → $93,956 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $89,600 (+31.4%)	$245,800 → $327,600 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,322 (+42.8%)	$924 → $1,155 (+25.0%)

Maple Heights

Population

22,38323,350

Median household income

$42,805$52,823

Median home value

$68,200$89,600

Median gross rent

$926$1,322

Rocky River

Population

20,19821,490

Median household income

$74,950$93,956

Median home value

$245,800$327,600

Median gross rent

$924$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maple Heights	Rocky River
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.1%
75 and over	5.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maple Heights	Rocky River
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	73.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maple Heights	Rocky River
No high school diploma	9.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	36.0%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maple Heights	Rocky River
Drove alone	79.9%	72.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.6%
Public transit	3.8%	1.7%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	18.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maple Heights	Rocky River
1-unit, detached	86.9%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	9.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Maple Heights	Rocky River
Poverty rate	26.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1955	1961