City · Ramsey County, Minnesota

Maplewood, Minnesota

Maplewood is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area. It has 40,695 residents. Maplewood, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,755 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #277 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on access to exercise opportunities (high), flu vaccinations (high) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), property crime rate (high) and drug overdose deaths (high).

76High

Quality-of-life score: #3,755 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #277 of 364 in MN
Population: 40,695 (2020-2024)
Land area: 17 mi²
Density: 2,387.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2740382

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety26#11,558/15,637
Economy57#6,698/15,631
Housing35#9,761/14,977
Health61#6,056/15,609
Healthcare92#1,225/15,650
Environment92#1,167/15,453
Education50#7,757/15,649
Infrastructure89#1,686/15,650
Community80#3,205/15,651
Leisure & amenities67#5,231/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Maplewood, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Ramsey County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Access to exercise opportunities · high99.9%
100/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRamsey County value
Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
97/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRamsey County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
96/100Minnesota 32 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauRamsey County value
Traffic deaths · low5.0 /100k
95/100Minnesota 7.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataRamsey County value
Mental health providers · high593 /100k
92/100Minnesota 383 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRamsey County value
Natural hazard risk · low6.2
90/100Minnesota 27.82025Federal Emergency Management AgencyRamsey County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high48.1%
1/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRamsey County value
Property crime rate · high2,658 /100k
3/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRamsey County value
Drug overdose deaths · high29.3 /100k
10/100Minnesota 15.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRamsey County value
Job growth · low-2.0%
13/100Minnesota -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataRamsey County value
Reading scores · low2.79
16/100Minnesota 3.12United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRamsey County value
Days with unhealthy air · high2.5%
16/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRamsey County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 1.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+1,154%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$70,484 (2015-2019) → $91,394 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
87.5% (2015-2019) → 92.0% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
50.1% (2015-2019) → 54.6% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
31.9% (2015-2019) → 35.3% (2020-2024)
+3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.1× (2015-2019) → 3.5× (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Maplewood, Minnesota improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Commute−3.4 min25.4 min → 22.0 min
Household income+30%$70,484 → $91,394
Broadband+4.6 points87.5% → 92.0%

Declined2

Transit use−2.3 points3.5% → 1.2%
Price / income+0.5×3.1× → 3.5×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Maplewood, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.4 min2015-2019	22.0 min2020-2024	−3.4 min	Improved	82%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%2015-2019	35.3%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Broadband subscriptions	87.5%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	11.9%2015-2019	14.1%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Effective property tax rate	1.37%2015-2019	1.17%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	58%
High school diploma or higher	90.8%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4002015-2019	0.4322020-2024	+0.032	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$70,4842015-2019	$91,3942020-2024	+30%	Improved	55%
Poverty rate	8.6%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Public transit commuters	3.5%2015-2019	1.2%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Declined	12%
Rent as share of income	30.1%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent-burdened households	50.1%2015-2019	54.6%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Unemployment rate	4.3%2015-2019	4.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.2%2015-2019	6.2%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Maplewood, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Maplewood, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Maplewood, Minnesota itself moved −2.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

40,695 residents (±64)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

15,210 households (±583)

Maplewood, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k11%1,699
$25k–50k15%2,268
$50k–75k14%2,205

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

15,210 households (±583)

Maplewood, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own72%10,918
Rent28%4,292

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

19,460 workers (±813)

Maplewood, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone71%13,894
Carpool8.5%1,652
Public transit1.2%†233

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Ramsey County, the county holding most of Maplewood's residents.

Ramsey County has 13,677 employer establishments, 254 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Minnesota's), with 294,664 paid employees at an average annual pay of $69,190. The Census Bureau also counts 44,470 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 13,677; 44,470 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 254; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 294,664
Average annual pay: $69,190; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Ramsey County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,191	22.1	1.06×About typical	24,509	$70,642	2,029
Restaurants and other eating places	959	17.8	0.97×About typical	18,667	$24,969	158
Lessors of real estate	721	13.4	1.09×About typical	4,338	$57,609	3,472
Specialty trade contractors	578	10.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	8,880	$92,895	1,906
Individual and family services	459	8.5	3.05×More than typical	11,578	$35,372	338
Offices of other health practitioners	446	8.3	1.37×More than typical	1,989	$51,350	1,149
Limited-service restaurants	427	7.9	0.99×About typical	8,081	$22,131	79
Full-service restaurants	399	7.4	0.97×About typical	8,710	$29,189	47
Management, scientific and technical consulting	361	6.7	1.00×About typical	1,831	$92,308	2,206
Religious organizations	313	5.8	1.05×About typical	3,515	$32,741	—
Legal services	298	5.5	1.03×About typical	1,569	$86,286	487
Personal care services	277	5.2	1.08×About typical	1,486	$29,524	1,360

Rank places for an industry Open Ramsey County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 537,716 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1,407 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Maplewood, Minnesota: $0.03 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,407; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.03; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$179.9K100%
National Institutes of Health$4,086100%
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$3,378100%
Department of Education$3,255100%
National Park Service$2,957100%
U.S. Geological Survey$1,602100%
Department of State$32923%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$29221%

Top recipients

WR MEDICAL ELECTRONICS, LLC$163.6K100%
NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED$11.9K100%
MAGSTIM INC$7,783100%
PACE ANALYTICAL SERVICES, LLC$6,158100%
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$3,255100%

Spending by fiscal year

9.1MFY2017
7.1MFY2018
2.4MFY2019
600.3KFY2020
377.5KFY2021
1.3MFY2022
677.6KFY2023
420.1K

Top industries (NAICS)

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$166.3K100%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$16.8K100%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$5,954100%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$3,255100%
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$2,433100%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Maplewood, Minnesota

OTHER FUNCTIONS ONLINE RESPIRATOR CLEARANCE AND EVALUATION$528.5K
DAMARCO SOLUTIONS LLC· Ramsey County, MN· IT & telecom· May 22, 2026 – May 22, 2026· HHSP23337001T
HRV TESTING LAB EO 14398$119K
WR MEDICAL ELECTRONICS, LLC· Ramsey County, MN· Health & medical· Jun 29, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 36C25626P0840
BLOOD MONITORING - CLEVELAND VAMC$110.9K
WR MEDICAL ELECTRONICS, LLC· Ramsey County, MN· Health & medical· Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 36C25026P0839

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Maplewood, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

Maplewood, Minnesota's figures are part of those of Ramsey County, MN ($76.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Maplewood is mostly in Ramsey County.

See federal money in Ramsey County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Maplewood, Minnesota is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Ramsey County81100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI93

Other cities and towns in Ramsey County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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