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A town of 8,033, settled in 1892.
Maplewood's police reported 42 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 98% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades B+, 68th of 247 graded towns in Missouri. Its schools outperform 89% of the state's and it is healthier than 85% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 74% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Maplewood’s property crime rate is 51.6 per 1,000 residents, against 12.4 in Missouri’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 10 of Missouri’s 419 towns do better. Maplewood's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 91% of U.S. towns.
Where Maplewood beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Maplewood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Maplewood is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D− for safety (better than 2%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,976 in 1910, a peak of 13,416 in 1950, 8,269 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1909 and 6 maps from 1933 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maplewood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi State parkCahokia
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaThe Dome at America's Center
7 mi Stadium & arenaBusch Stadium
7 mi National ParkGateway Arch National Park2.2M visitors a year
7 mi Stadium & arenaEnterprise Center
20 mi Theme parkMid America AdventureCahokia: Thank You (24 Millions ) views, CC BY 2.0 · The Dome at America's Center: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Busch Stadium: Lee Ann Ratledge, CC BY 4.0 · Gateway Arch National Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Enterprise Center: Haaron755, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mid America Adventure: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maplewood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Maplewood.
Maplewood draws workers from St. Louis and beyond and has less COPD than most of Missouri, but it reports property crime at 3 times the Missouri rate.
Property crime runs at 51.6 per 1,000 residents, 3 times the Missouri rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 651 to 456 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Maplewood’s level of violent crime stands at 5.2 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The largest public high school is Maplewood-Richmond HGTS. High, with 439 students. Public schools: the Maplewood-Richmond Heights school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRH Early Childhood CenterLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 451 | – |
| Maplewood-Richmond HGTS. HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 439 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
7,235 jobs are based in Maplewood, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
The average commute for Maplewood comes to 18 minutes. Just 6% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The town had 7,235 jobs in 2023, up 648 from 2013. The top destinations are St. Louis (26%), Clayton (5%) and Maryland Heights (5%).
| Maplewood | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 13% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.7% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Missouri is COPD: 4.7% of its 6,798 adults have COPD, against 8% statewide.
17% of adults report frequent mental distress in Maplewood. Among 247 Missouri towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Maplewood. Two figures for adults in the town: 11% report frequent physical distress, 28% have high blood pressure. Of 32 CDC measures, Maplewood beats the Missouri average on 18 and trails it on 3.
| Maplewood | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Maplewood | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.7% | 8% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4% | 6.8% |
| More binge drinkers | 20.4% | 16.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Paid flood insurance claims in Maplewood since 1978: 86. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 37% come from inland flooding and 30% from heat waves. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2025.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 24° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.3 miles of trail wind through 6 parks and preserves. Maplewood’s trail network density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Maplewood | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Deer Creek Park | 0.1 mi | 13 |
| 2. Kellogg Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Ryan Hummert Memorial Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median property tax bill is $3,451, against $1,948 across Missouri, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Only 8 of the 247 Missouri towns we compare have a lower owner-occupancy rate than Maplewood. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 2.8% in value. Also worth knowing: on the market in the town: a median 7 days to sell.
| Maplewood | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 40% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $970 a month | $972 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
23 within 15 miles of the center of Maplewood
About 6 of every 100 Maplewood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Missouri.
6 places in Maplewood on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Missouri, United States
Maplewood is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Maplewood had a population of 8,269.
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5 towns share a border with Maplewood.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood | #68 | B+ | B | D− | A | A− |
| Webster Groves | #8 | A | D | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Brentwood | #48 | A− | C | D | A+ | A+ |
| Shrewsbury | #90 | B | C+ | D | A | A |
| Richmond Heights | #96 | B | D | D− | A+ | A+ |
| St. Louis | #227 | D | B | D− | D− | C |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Maplewood grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #68 of 247 in Missouri. It grades A− for health, D− for safety and A for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D−.
That is 3.3 years of the area's median household income ($80,196 across the St. Louis, MO-IL metro 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.
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