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SheetAL-MAPLESVILLE-AL · Maplesville, AL 813 pop · income 6th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Maplesville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Maplesville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mignon · lowest
33,217
Mignon · lowest
33,217 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #1
Braddock Hills · near
38,070
Braddock Hills · near
38,070 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #2
Trumann · near
38,079
Trumann · near
38,079 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #3
Homeland Park · near
38,079
Homeland Park · near
38,079 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #4
Donna · near
38,082
Donna · near
38,082 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #5
Maplesville · this city
38,083
Maplesville · this city
38,083 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #6
Sand Rock · highest
81,750
Sand Rock · highest
81,750 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Maplesville on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 813.
Nationally, Maplesville sits in the 6th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
6th
percentile, household income
18th
percentile, home value
1st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Maplesville, AL
Alabama's Maplesville is a small town, with 813 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Maplesville households earn a median of $38,083 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 27.1%. Typical homes in Maplesville are valued around $122,100, and the median resident age is 31.1 years. About 7.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 61.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in Alabama run below the national norm: the state registers 88.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $936 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $245 across Alabama, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 26.9 minutes, with 87.6% driving alone and 1.7% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 61.5 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Maplesville's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Maplesville, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Maplesville?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.9 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Maplesville?
Within Alabama, the closest population matches are Leesburg (813 residents, $53,472 income); Sand Rock (815 residents, $81,750 income); Holly Pond (816 residents, $45,221 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kivalina, AK (813 residents); Donnellson, IA (813 residents); Perryville, KY (813 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Maplesville?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 27.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Is Maplesville growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +28 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.4% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Maplesville?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 7.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Matched public schools
2
Bachelor's degree+
7.5%
Poverty estimate
27.1%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 27.1% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
88.8 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Alabama average
F
City profile score · Maplesville, AL
25/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
88.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$38,083
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
27.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
7.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Maplesville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 90/100 (A+) · 88.8 index
Household income: 4/100 (F) · $38,083
Poverty rate: 3/100 (F) · 27.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 7.5%
How does Maplesville compare to other US cities?
Where Maplesville sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income6% higher than other cities
Home value18% pricier than other cities
Median rent1% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Maplesville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Alabama only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Alabama-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Maplesville near the bottom of Alabama's cities
Among the 556 Alabama cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Maplesville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Maplesville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#431 of 530
19th percentile in Alabama
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 556
0th percentile in Alabama
Median Home Value
#309 of 517
40th percentile in Alabama
Poverty Rate
#58 of 556
89th percentile in Alabama
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#467 of 556
15th percentile in Alabama
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Alabama only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
6th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Maplesville's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$122,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 82% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Maplesville's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,730 of 15,516
More affordable than 50% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,381 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.2×, Maplesville sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,730 of 15,516 and #6,381 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$38,083Maplesville, AL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Maplesville, AL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Maplesville, AL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)7.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)27.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
813
Median Income
$38,083
Median Home Value
$122,100
Median Age
31.1
Poverty Rate
27.1%
Labor force participation
61.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
7.5%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Maplesville's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
642 residents
2021
644 residents
2022
650 residents
2023
656 residents
2024
666 residents
2025
670 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.9 minutes
Drive Alone
87.6%
Carpool
10.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
1.7%
Based on 346 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Alabama statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $245
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Alabama at $245 (electricity about $138 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Alabama statewide averages, not a meter reading for Maplesville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Alabama's BEA cost-of-living index is 88.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Maplesville is $936/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Alabama statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 61.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Alabama statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Maplesville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Maplesville compares to similar-size Alabama cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.