MaplewoodWA
A town of 5,803.
Is Maplewood a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Maplewood grades B overall, 73rd among Washington's 285 graded towns. Its schools rank ahead of 88% of Washington towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 84% of the country. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $708K, 6.1 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Maplewood’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile, where Washington’s towns sit at 0.8 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Maplewood has 1 place on the National Register.
99% of working residents leave Maplewood for work
Where Maplewood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Maplewood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Maplewood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 134 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maplewood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
18 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
19 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
Big draw33 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Space Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5
Moving to Maplewood: who provides what
Maplewood is unincorporated, so Pierce County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Maplewood.
Maplewood has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns, sends most of its workers to Tacoma and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sunrise Beach Park | — | 7 |
| 2. Sea Cliff Country & Riding Club Beach Park | 0.1 mi | 6 |
| 3. Evergreen Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Maplewood’s grade for health is an A−
Against the 3,942 U.S. towns with household incomes like Maplewood’s, it is less healthy than 52%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Maplewood, below both Washington’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (17%). 15% of adults get no exercise outside work in Maplewood. Maplewood beats the Washington average on 14 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Maplewood | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 11% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 71% | 79% |
| What stands out | Maplewood | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.8% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.6% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Maplewood
Maplewood has 382 jobs for its 2,177 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Maplewood for work: only 1% work in town. Maplewood’s median household income is $136,000. Jobs based in Maplewood fell to 382 in 2023, 22 fewer than in 2013.
| Maplewood | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $136,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Maplewood, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons average 76.6°, cooler than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.9°.
Maplewood has mild winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Maplewood is 77°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Maplewood | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 77°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Maplewood, with earthquakes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Maplewood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Maplewood sell for about $782K
89% of Maplewood households own their home.
| Maplewood | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,000 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Maplewood
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Maplewood
About 4 of every 100 Maplewood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Maplewood
Unincorporated community in Washington, US
Maplewood is an unincorporated community in Pierce County, in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, Maplewood had a population of 5,469. It is located south of Olalla on Puget Sound's Colvos Passage near Crescent Lake. The ZIP Code for Maplewood is 98332.
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- Area
- 8.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 282 ft
- Area code
- 253
Maplewood’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Maplewood.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood | #73 | B | C− | — | A | A− |
| Gig Harbor | #102 | B | D | C− | A | A |
| Purdy | — | — | C | — | A | A |
Purdy has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Maplewood and Purdy report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Maplewood with a neighbor →
Questions about Maplewood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Maplewood, WA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Maplewood grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #73 of 285 in Washington. It grades A− for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Maplewood, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $708,000, 21% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.