Maple Grove is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 50,343 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Maple Grove is the 14th largest community in Minnesota.

Maple Grove is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.06% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Maple Grove is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maple Grove who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.16%), management occupations (14.48%), and sales jobs (13.99%).

Also of interest is that Maple Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Maple Grove is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Maple Grove is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Maple Grove a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Maple Grove has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Maple Grove's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Maple Grove Information and Demographics

The citizens of Maple Grove are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 41.68% of adults in Maple Grove have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Maple Grove in 2000 was $30,544, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,176 for a family of four. However, Maple Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Maple Grove home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Maple Grove is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Maple Grove include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Maple Grove is English.