Maplewood is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 40,000 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Maplewood is the 24th largest community in Minnesota.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.51% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The citizens of Maplewood are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.18% of adults in Maplewood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Maplewood in 2022 was $40,599, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,396 for a family of four. However, Maplewood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Maplewood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Maplewood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maplewood residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Maplewood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.52% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Maplewood include German, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Maplewood's cultural character, accounting for 16.21% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Maplewood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.