Maple Park

• Name — Maple Park, Illinois • Settlement Type — Village • Mapsize — 260px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Illinois • Subdivision Type2 — Counties • Subdivision Name2 — DeKalb, Kane • Subdivision Type3 — Townships • Subdivision Name3 — Cortland, Pierce, Virgil • Established Title — Founded • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Title1 — Village President • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 5.59 • Area Total Sq Mi — 2.16 • Area Land Km2 — 5.58 • Area Land Sq Mi — 2.15 • Area Water Km2 — 0.01 • Area Water Sq Mi — 0.00 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Total — 1433 • Population Density Km2 — 256.87 • Population Density Sq Mi — 665.27 • Timezone1 — CST • Utc Offset1 — -6 • Timezone1 Dst — CDT • Utc Offset1 Dst — -5 • Elevation Ft — 876 • Postal Code Type — ZIP Code(s) • Postal Code — 60151 • Area Codes — 815 and 630 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 17-46604 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Blank1 Info — 2399247 • Website — https: villageofmaplepark.org/

Maple Park was originally called "Lodi", after Lodi, Lombardy. The present name comes from a nearby grove of sugar maple trees. A post office called "Lodi" was established first in 1837, and the post office was renamed "Maple Park" in 1880.

The majority of Maple Park's population is in Kane County, but more of its area is in DeKalb County. Illinois Route 38 runs through the southern side of the village, leading east 15 mi to Geneva and west 8 mi to DeKalb. It is 52 mi west of downtown Chicago. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Maple Park has a total area of 2.16 sqmi, of which 2.15 sqmi (or 99.86%) is land and 0.00 sqmi (or 0.14%) is water.

As of the 2020 census, Maple Park had a population of 1,433. The population density was 664.35 PD/sqmi. The median age was 37.0 years. 25.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 101.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 102.7 males age 18 and over. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas. There were 519 households in Maple Park, of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.3% were married-couple households, 17.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 19.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 547 housing units, of which 5.1% were vacant. The housing unit density was 253.59 /sqmi. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.4%.

There were 404 families residing in the village. The average household size was 3.37 and the average family size was 3.02.

The median income for a household in the village was $90,833, and the median income for a family was $105,714. Males had a median income of $53,092 versus $36,667 for females. The per capita income for the village was $34,935. About 1.0% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 0.0% of those age 65 or over.

Kaneland Community Unit School District 302 operates Kaneland High School.