Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Few places in the country grade higher. Mapleton earns an A, 11th of 118 graded towns in Utah. It is healthier than 96% of U.S. towns, the median household earns $133K, and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 88% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a C, is in cost of living. 17% of the land in Mapleton is conserved, above both the Utah town median (3.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, at 1,820 acres with 4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Mapleton's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns.
Where Mapleton beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Mapleton | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 12.4% |
Roswell Darius Bird Sr. House7,979 counted in 2010 and 11,365 in 2020; an estimated 16,275 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 43.3% since 2020, after 42.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Mapleton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 584 in 1900, 11,365 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1892 and 5 maps from 1948 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mapleton. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Stadium & arenaLaVell Edwards Stadium19 mi Theme parkEvermore Park
14 mi LakeUtah Lake
19 mi MountainMount Timpanogos
36 mi Stadium & arenaAmerica First Field
36 mi Ski areaDeer Valley Resort351 runs · 3,110 ft verticalLaVell Edwards Stadium: The original uploader was Bobak at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Utah Lake: NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S, Public domain · Mount Timpanogos: Eric Ward from Provo, UT, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · America First Field: Scott Catron, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Deer Valley Resort: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
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 Mar 13, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Mapleton.
Mapleton has less food insecurity than most of Utah and sees little violent crime, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Utah.
Its widest gap with Utah is food insecurity: 7.6% of its 7,332 adults worry about having enough food, against 12.4% statewide.
8.3% of Mapleton adults binge drink, where Utah’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 16%. 13% of adults get no exercise outside work in Mapleton. Only 10 of the 118 Utah towns we compare have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Mapleton.
| Mapleton | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 11% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.1% | 8% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Mapleton | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 12.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.9% | 10.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Nebo District. Three of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Grove MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,195 | – |
| Mapleton Junior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 7–9 | Grades 7–9 | 1,312 | B |
| Maple Ridge SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 873 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
Violent crime is rare: 11 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Mapleton’s property crime rate is 3.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Mapleton | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.5 per 1,000 residents | 9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 7.2 years of the Provo metro’s $101K median household income, the typical home (about $727K) costs more against local pay than in 84% of Utah towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living.
The typical Mapleton home is worth about $727,000, up 2.6% in a year, 36% above the Utah typical home. 85% of Mapleton households own their home.
| Mapleton | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,386 a month | $1,542 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Jobs based here grew from 1,171 in 2013 to 2,521.
Most working residents leave Mapleton for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Mapleton has added 1,350 jobs, to 2,521 in 2023. The top destinations are Provo (18%), Springville (9%) and Orem (9%).
| Mapleton | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 21% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
12 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The trail density in Mapleton is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 4 mi | 1,820 |
| 2. Ira Allen Park | 0.2 mi | 17 |
| 3. Mapleton City Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mapleton has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 18° and about 66 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Mapleton since 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Mapleton
About 6 of every 100 Mapleton residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
Where Mapleton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Utah, United States
Mapleton is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 11,365 at the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Mapleton.
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | #11 | A | C | A | B+ | A+ |
| Springville | #50 | A− | C+ | B | B+ | A |
| Spanish Fork | #28 | A | B− | B+ | B+ | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Mapleton grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #11 of 118 in Utah. It grades A+ for health, A for safety and B+ for schools.
That is 7.2 years of the area's median household income ($100,704 across the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT 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 C.
2 notable people were born here, including David W. Allan and Van Hatfield.
