Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,909, settled in 1877.
Mapleton’s best subject grade is a B+ for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for walkability. On history, just 15 of Maine’s 285 towns do worse. Mapleton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Mapleton beats most towns.
Where Mapleton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Mapleton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 444 in 1870, 1,886 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 4 maps from 1935 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mapleton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Mapleton.
Homes in Mapleton are typically worth about $250,000, up 6.9% in a year, 39% below the Maine typical home. The share of households in Mapleton who own their home is 80%, against 81% in Maine’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
| Mapleton | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $610 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 81% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its one school is below. Public schools: RSU 79/MSAD 01. 228 students attend Mapleton’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 228 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Mapleton after 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2010. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities. 49% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 32%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mapleton’s middle household income stands at $92,000, where Maine’s towns sit at $78,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Most people who work leave Mapleton to do it: just 6% work in town. Employers in Mapleton added 40 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 236. Half the trips to work are shorter than 7 miles.
| Mapleton | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6% | 12% | 8% |
| Work from home | 11% | 14% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mapleton’s midsummer high stands at 78°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Mapleton: 39% of adults have obesity. The share of adults in Mapleton who have high blood pressure: 40%.
| Mapleton | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Mapleton | ME |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who get no exercise | 27.2% | 23.1% |
| More adults with obesity | 38.5% | 32.7% |
| More adults with high blood pressure | 40% | 35.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Just over a fifth of residents are under 18 in Mapleton. Children under 18 are just over a fifth of residents (18% statewide); people 65 and older are 18% of residents (22% statewide). Four-year graduates: 34% of adults 25 and older here, 36% across Maine.
| Mapleton | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 22% | 18% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.8 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 22% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Mapleton | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.7% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.5% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.9% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.9% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.3% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.5% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.6% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.4% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.3% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.4% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
The trail density in Mapleton is 0.9 miles per square mile. Only 10 of the 144 Maine towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Mapleton.
| Mapleton | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mapleton
About 5 of every 100 Mapleton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maine.
Town in Maine, United States
Mapleton is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,886 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Mapleton.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Washburn | — | — | A | — | D− | D |
| Chapman | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Castle Hill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Mapleton and Washburn have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Mapleton and Washburn report no FBI crime data of their own. Chapman and Castle Hill aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mapleton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.