Maplewood vs North Fort Lewis

A side-by-side comparison of Maplewood and North Fort Lewis: population, income, housing, and more.

Maplewood and North Fort Lewis are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Fort Lewis has the higher population (5,990 vs 5,766 in Maplewood). Maplewood has the higher median household income ($129,659 vs $72,778 in North Fort Lewis). Since 2019, Maplewood's population has grown faster (+13.7% vs -5.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Maplewood	North Fort Lewis
Population	5,766	5,990
Median age	47.4 yrs	24.3 yrs
Median household income	$129,659	$72,778
Median home value	$657,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,970	$2,375
Housing units	2,358	1,176
Homeownership rate	86.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maplewood	North Fort Lewis
Population	5,072 → 5,766 (+13.7%)	6,355 → 5,990 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$105,339 → $129,659 (+23.1%)	$66,302 → $72,778 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$433,700 → $657,400 (+51.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,676 → $1,970 (+17.5%)	$1,839 → $2,375 (+29.1%)

Maplewood

Population

5,0725,766

Median household income

$105,339$129,659

Median home value

$433,700$657,400

Median gross rent

$1,676$1,970

North Fort Lewis

Population

6,3555,990

Median household income

$66,302$72,778

Median gross rent

$1,839$2,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maplewood	North Fort Lewis
Under 5	7.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	28.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	29.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	1.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	0.7%
65 to 74	16.4%	0.0%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maplewood	North Fort Lewis
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	53.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.6%
Asian	3.1%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maplewood	North Fort Lewis
No high school diploma	0.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maplewood	North Fort Lewis
Drove alone	67.9%	58.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	24.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	21.1%	3.1%
Other means	2.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maplewood	North Fort Lewis
1-unit, detached	93.8%	11.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	76.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maplewood	North Fort Lewis
Poverty rate	8.8%	13.3%
Average household size	2.48	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	33	10
Median year structure built	1990	2002