Maple Rapids is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Maple Rapids, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
Bachelor’s degree or more: 9 of every 100 adults in Maple Rapids
13 in 100 residents are 65 or older, against 19 across MI. The census count changed by −15% from 2010 to 2020. Population: about 588 (2025 Census estimate). Across MI, 14 in 100 workers work from home; in Maple Rapids, 8.
Median age 36.5 (MI 40.2).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.4 points.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 6.1% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 25 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Maple Rapids says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Maple Rapids
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Maple Rapids’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Maple Rapids or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Maple Rapids in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.