Maplewood vs Prairie Heights

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

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

Maplewood has the higher population (5,766 vs 4,817 in Prairie Heights). Maplewood has the higher median household income ($129,659 vs $129,438 in Prairie Heights). Maplewood has the higher median home value ($657,400 vs $485,800 in Prairie Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Maplewood	Prairie Heights
Population	5,766	4,817
Median age	47.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$129,659	$129,438
Median home value	$657,400	$485,800
Median gross rent	$1,970	$1,859
Housing units	2,358	1,657
Homeownership rate	86.5%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maplewood	Prairie Heights
Population	5,072 → 5,766 (+13.7%)	4,187 → 4,817 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$105,339 → $129,659 (+23.1%)	$100,327 → $129,438 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$433,700 → $657,400 (+51.6%)	$290,500 → $485,800 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,676 → $1,970 (+17.5%)	$1,349 → $1,859 (+37.8%)

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

Prairie Heights

Population

4,1874,817

Median household income

$100,327$129,438

Median home value

$290,500$485,800

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maplewood	Prairie Heights
Under 5	7.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.1%
65 to 74	16.4%	7.5%
75 and over	6.6%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maplewood	Prairie Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maplewood	Prairie Heights
No high school diploma	0.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	16.3%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maplewood	Prairie Heights
Drove alone	67.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.8%
Public transit	1.6%	1.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	6.7%
Other means	2.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maplewood	Prairie Heights
1-unit, detached	93.8%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Maplewood	Prairie Heights
Poverty rate	8.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.48	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1990	1993