Housing density: 2,240 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $231,294.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,683 (lower quartile is $1,284, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,830
Median gross rent in Maplewood, NJ in 2022: $1,936
Housing units in Maplewood with a mortgage: 4,308 (433 second mortgage, 668 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,233
In family households: 645,040 (104,343 male householders, 84,996 female householders)
113,673 spouses, 245,726 children (232,723 natural, 5,793 adopted, 7,210 stepchildren), 20,627 grandchildren, 15,422 brothers or sisters, 11,923 parents, foster children, 19,910 other relatives, 22,762 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 115,157 (42,135 male householders (33,262 living alone)), 52,238 female householders (45,266 living alone)), 20,784 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 23,772 (12,126 institutionalized population)
108,634 married couples with children.
65,899 single-parent households (10,059 men, 55,840 women).
81.2% of residents of Maplewood speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
11.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 6,300 (24.7%)
(69.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Maplewood, New Jersey
6891995 to March 2000
7761990 to 1994
6161985 to 1989
6711980 to 1984
4641975 to 1979
5191970 to 1974
1161965 to 1969
403Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Other: 8,527 (32.1%)
Irish: 2,828 (10.7%)
West Indian: 2,423 (9.1%)
Italian: 2,392 (9.0%)
German: 2,267 (8.5%)
English: 1,434 (5.4%)
Polish: 1,423 (5.4%)
Russian: 1,194 (4.5%)
United States: 712 (2.7%)
Subsaharan African: 611 (2.3%)
Scottish: 321 (1.2%)
Ukrainian: 278 (1.0%)
French: 266 (1.0%)
Scotch-Irish: 229 (0.9%)
Hungarian: 227 (0.9%)
Norwegian: 217 (0.8%)
Dutch: 214 (0.8%)
Greek: 154 (0.6%)
Lithuanian: 142 (0.5%)
Welsh: 131 (0.5%)
Czech: 128 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 106 (0.4%)
Slovak: 92 (0.3%)
Swedish: 91 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 52 (0.2%)
Danish: 44 (0.2%)
Swiss: 39 (0.1%)
Arab: 5 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Haiti
Maplewood:
19.3% (820)
New Jersey:
2.2% (31,963)
Jamaica
Maplewood:
11.0% (470)
New Jersey:
2.5% (36,443)
Guyana
Maplewood:
6.0% (257)
New Jersey:
1.2% (17,746)
United Kingdom
Maplewood:
4.9% (210)
New Jersey:
2.1% (30,355)
Poland
Maplewood:
4.7% (202)
New Jersey:
3.8% (55,466)
Trinidad and Tobago
Maplewood:
4.4% (189)
New Jersey:
0.9% (13,289)
Nigeria
Maplewood:
3.9% (166)
New Jersey:
0.6% (8,389)
Brazil
Maplewood:
3.8% (160)
New Jersey:
1.5% (22,097)
Ukraine
Maplewood:
3.2% (138)
New Jersey:
1.0% (14,768)
Other Caribbean
Maplewood:
3.0% (129)
New Jersey:
0.5% (7,928)
Philippines
Maplewood:
3.0% (129)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,773)
India
Maplewood:
3.0% (126)
New Jersey:
8.1% (119,497)
Colombia
Maplewood:
2.9% (122)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,754)
Ghana
Maplewood:
2.3% (98)
New Jersey:
0.5% (7,079)
Germany
Maplewood:
1.8% (78)
New Jersey:
2.3% (33,531)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 11,181
Other state: 8,091
Northeast: 5,083
Midwest: 827
South: 1,679
West: 502
61% of Maplewood residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in New Jersey.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 13
Nursery to 4th grade: 21
5th and 6th grade: 43
7th and 8th grade: 64
9th grade: 78
10th grade: 48
11th grade: 83
12th grade, no diploma: 151
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,129
Less than 1 year of college: 370
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,065
Associate degree: 260
Bachelor's degree: 2,188
Master's degree: 995
Professional school degree: 675
Doctorate degree: 194
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 39
Nursery to 4th grade: 15
5th and 6th grade: 58
7th and 8th grade: 141
9th grade: 51
10th grade: 164
11th grade: 74
12th grade, no diploma: 258
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,828
Less than 1 year of college: 359
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,035
Associate degree: 523
Bachelor's degree: 2,418
Master's degree: 1,153
Professional school degree: 445
Doctorate degree: 49
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,908
One, attached: 209
Two: 1,109
3 or 4: 513
5 to 9: 123
10 to 19: 94
20 to 49: 100
50 or more: 559
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.9%