Maplewood is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 23,868 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Maplewood is the 80th largest community in New Jersey. Maplewood has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Maplewood is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.96% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Maplewood is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maplewood who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.90%), management occupations (11.75%), and sales jobs (10.52%).

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

Of important note, Maplewood is also a town of artists. Maplewood has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Maplewood's character.

Maplewood, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Maplewood is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Maplewood is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Maplewood 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 town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Maplewood has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Maplewood's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Maplewood, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.57 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Maplewood Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Maplewood is a pretty powerful place. 50.77% of the adults in Maplewood have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Maplewood in 2000 was $36,794, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,176 for a family of four. However, Maplewood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Maplewood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Maplewood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Maplewood is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Maplewood include Italian, Irish, German, Haitian, Polish, English, Russian, and Jamaican.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Maplewood's cultural character, accounting for 17.82% of the town's population.

The most common language spoken in Maplewood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.