Maplewood, Ohio.
Typical home $297,532 (+6.7% in a year). Sidney, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Maplewood
Maplewood is in Shelby County, where its property tax is set. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$936 (+149%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $18,723 +7%
- $278,809$297,532 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $83,085 +39%
- $214,447$297,532 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Maplewood$1,562
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Maplewood, OH rose 6.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Maplewood, Shelby County, Ohio
The Census does not count Maplewood on its own, so the figures here are Shelby County's. Half the county's households earn more than $73,978 a year and half less; 12% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 74% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Shelby County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Shelby County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Maplewood sits in Shelby County, and across the county most homes are lived in by their owners. Fewer adults hold a university degree than the national average, and household incomes are at the middle of the range for the region. The town is a quiet place where neighbours tend to know one another and where people have lived for many years.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, or in shops. Unemployment across Shelby County has eased recently, though the county has slightly fewer jobs than it did the year before. Commutes are short, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Anna Town Hall, a theatre a short drive away, is a good place for an evening out. Bokengehalas Creek, a river also a short drive away, suits a relaxed walk or an afternoon outdoors. The Armstrong Air and Space Museum, a longer drive away, is worth the trip for anyone interested in flight and space.
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- 18,906households
- 40.3median age
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Shelby County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Shelby County had 26,404 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sidney South weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Shelby County
- Honda Development & Manufacturing of America (HDMA)Gasoline engines, automotive and truck, manufacturing3,634
- ThorTravel trailers, recreational, manufacturing1,000
- Plastipak- Jackson CenterBottles, plastics, manufacturing855
- Sidney City SchoolsSchool district430FTE
- Wilson Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital389FTE
- NK Parts Industries - OSCC & DLSWarehousing and storage, general merchandise381
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters356
- Freshway FoodsVegetables, cut or peeled, fresh, manufacturing341
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 71 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 12,325 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Shelby County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Shelby County and the Sidney, OH metro.
Maplewood home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Maplewood$297,532
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Zip codes with a Maplewood address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Maplewood — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.