Best PlacesMaplewood, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maplewood, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Maplewood ranks 15,621st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Maplewood
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Maplewood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maplewood ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Maplewood ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,121 a month, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maplewood
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maplewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,643, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Maplewood's effective rate of 1.35%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maplewood
Maplewood runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maplewood.
Who works in Maplewood, and how
Work in Maplewood centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Maplewood
Maplewood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Maplewood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maplewood, month by month
Maplewood sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Maplewood
St Louis Lambert International sits about 10 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Maplewood
Schools across Maplewood average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mrh ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Nahed Chapman New American AcaF · 3% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mrh MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
- Acad Of Entre Stdy@louvertureF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Maplewood-richmond Hgts. HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Carnahan Sch. Of The FutureF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maplewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maplewood measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Maplewood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maplewood
Is Maplewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maplewood ranks 15,621st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and biking, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maplewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,968. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $67,643 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Maplewood safe?
Maplewood is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $920 per resident a year.
Compare Maplewood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maplewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maplewood represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Maplewood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maplewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maplewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maplewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maplewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maplewood detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.