A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Maplewood$1,760/mo

Typical home $272K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.46% · or rent about $970/mo · Housing →

Riverside$2,840/mo

Typical home $474K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $959/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,080 a month, about $13,000 a year, between Riverside and Maplewood.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Maplewood places higher on 14 of 21 MO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

D−MaplewoodSafer than 2% of U.S. towns D−RiversideSafer than 4% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−MaplewoodBetter than 84% of districts in the state A−RiversideBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

A−MaplewoodHealthier than 85% of U.S. towns CRiversideHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns

14Maplewood

7Riverside

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #184#16 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #8#218 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #32#221 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #84#188 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #113#6 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #24#131 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #6#84 HealthiestHealth · 261 towns #26#113

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Maplewood’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

MaplewoodRiverside

Snow a year17″11″

January low24°F 22°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)215d 211d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)74th 53rd

Outdoors & history

MaplewoodRiverside

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.8%1%

Settled—1951

National Register places6 —

Archive photos10 —

Community

MaplewoodRiverside

Library hours a week60 hrs 61 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

235 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MaplewoodMO RiversideMO

Maplewood ↔ Riverside235 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

MaplewoodRiverside

People

Population 8,156Highest 4,276Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.8%Lowest MO: +2.8% +36.6%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 33.8±1.9Highest 13% below MO 32±2.9Lowest 18% below MO

Maplewood and Riverside are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 17.6%±3.2Lowest MO: 22.3% 24.8%±6.3Highest MO: 22.3%

Riverside and Maplewood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 10%±2.4Lowest MO: 17.9% 11.7%±3.2Highest MO: 17.9%

Riverside and Maplewood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 53.2%Highest MO: 32.4% 37.3%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±2.1Lowest MO: 5.7% 6.9%±3.8Highest MO: 5.7%

Riverside and Maplewood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,125±$10kHighest 8% below MO $52,006±$30kLowest 26% below MO

Maplewood and Riverside are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $237,000±$18kLowest about the MO average $411,300±$107kHighest 79% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $970±$98Highest 6% below MO $959±$34Lowest 7% below MO

Maplewood and Riverside are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,451Lowest 77% above MO $3,720Highest 91% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 26.6%±7.1Lowest MO: 45.6% 39.3%±13.8Highest MO: 45.6%

Riverside and Maplewood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8.7%Lowest MO: 12.6% 17.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 39.8%Lowest MO: 68.1% 42.4%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1952Lowest 26 yrs older than MO 1977Highest 1 yr older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 23% below MO 20 minHighest 15% below MO

Work from home 10.7%±3.3Lowest MO: 13% 20.3%±7.6Highest MO: 13%

Riverside and Maplewood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 5.5%Lowest 5.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.3 miLowest 8.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.60Lowest 3.89Highest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (26%)Kansas City (38%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RiversideFew work in Maplewood

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.8%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 156Highest 34.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #27 of 226 in MO #4 of 226 in MO

School district MAPLEWOOD-RICHMOND HEIGHTSPARK HILL

High school in town Maplewood-Richmond HGTS. HighPark Hill South High

Students per teacherat that high school 13.3Lowest 16.9Highest

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Maplewood vs Riverside

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,080 more a month in Riverside

Maplewood places higher on 14 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

235 miles apart

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