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These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,488 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
Rent in Maplewood is 0.3% below its high of $1,492 in July 2026, at $1,488 as of September 2026.
Rent in Maplewood changed +2.2% over the year to September 2026. Across the 53 Minnesota cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.4%.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($91,394) is $2,285 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,120); a 4-bedroom is $2,370.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Maplewood. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Maplewood, MN is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, has a median income above the national average, 35.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Maplewood, MN has changed in 5 years
Rent in Maplewood, MN has climbed 13.2% since 2023, going from about $1,315 per month to roughly $1,488 today. Median household income grew from $77,316 to $91,394 between 2021 and 2024, a 18.2% shift. Income growth outran rent by about 5.0 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Headcount in the area went from 41,673 to 40,695 between 2021 and 2024, a 2.3% change. Taken together, the five-year picture in Maplewood, MN reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Maplewood is $1,488/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,150/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,590/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,300/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,120/mo.
At 20% of local median household income ($91,394/yr), Maplewood ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.2% over the past year.
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