Maplewood, New Jersey

Maplewood, New Jersey, in Essex county, is 2 miles W of Irvington, New Jersey (center to center) and 5 miles W of Newark, New Jersey. The town is part of the Newark metropolitan statistical area (MSA). About 23,868 people people live in Maplewood.

The People and Families of Maplewood

In Maplewood, about 57% of adults are married. Maplewood has a large average household size. It's not exactly overrun with people living alone. The people of the town spend a lot of time talking about the schools and playgrounds. The place is loaded with young children.

Approximately 41% of Maplewood is non-white. In Maplewood you'll find a lively diversity of people.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Maplewood had a median family income of $92,724. Overall, families in Maplewood are likely to be financially secure. It turns out that people in the town tend to be educated, and a lot of them are college grads. As it happens, more people than usual in Maplewood are able to work from their homes. It turns out that the town is home to a lot of successful single people.

Political Inclinations

In 2004, John Kerry garnered more political contributions ($103,280) in Maplewood than did the other Presidential candidates. The Democratic party was the top fund-raiser among political parties in the town.

Maplewood Housing

Of the houses, apartments, etc. in Maplewood, about 78% are lived in by their owners, not renters. The average year in which most residences in the town were built is earlier than in most places. The average property tax bill in Maplewood is higher than that of most other communities in New Jersey.

Commuting

In Maplewood, 71% of commuters drive to work. One alternative to driving in the town is the public transportation system.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Maplewood23,868$92,724
Hillside21,747$64,635
Irvington60,695$41,098
Kenilworth7,675$66,500
Millburn19,765$158,888
Orange32,868$40,852
Union54,405$68,707

High Points

Maplewood strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in New Jersey):

CategoryTrophy
Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)
Top 1%Maplewood Public Transportation Use
Median Family Income
(vs. Peers)
Top 7%Maplewood Median Family Income
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. Peers)
Top 7%Maplewood Well-Paid Single Women
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 8%Maplewood Well-Paid Single Men
College Educated Adults
(vs. Peers)
Top 8%Maplewood College Educated Adults
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 10%Maplewood Racial Diversity
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. Peers)
Top 13%Maplewood People in Middle Class or Better


The listings in Maplewood, New Jersey and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(7) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(19) Outpatient
(9) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(6) Females
(3) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(5) Methadone Maintenance
(3) Methadone Detoxification
(5) Males
(2) Mental Health Services
(8) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(7) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(1) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(1) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(4) Teens and Adolescents
(4) Clients With Legal Issues
(2) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(1) Seniors/Older Adults
(6) Spanish Speaking
(1) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(1) American Sign Language
(1) Gay and Lesbian



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Are drugs and alcohol creating destruction in your life in Maplewood, NJ.? Do you know of someone in Maplewood, NJ. that is going down the dark path of drug or alcohol addiction? It is very easy for someone to fall into the trap of addiction, but an individual soon realizes that it is extremely difficult to kick an addiction. That is where a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Center in Maplewood comes in, to assist with the seemingly impossible task of treating individuals who have lost hope at ever being sober and happy again.

A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center in Maplewood treats drug addiction and alcoholism by ingraining in an addict that drugs and alcohol are not the solution to their problems and difficulties in life. It teaches an addict that all of their problems have solutions, solutions that can be found through cognitive reasoning and common sense. A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Maplewood would put the individual in the frame of mind to overcome life's obstacles by confronting them head on, and obliterates the person's desire to use drugs as a way out.

There are many different types of in-patient and out-patient treatment programs available in Maplewood, NJ., because each individual has different needs. Examples of programs available in Maplewood are Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities, Short-term Drug Rehabs, Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities, Long-term Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Maplewood have a two-prong approach to treatment, both the physical and psychological causes and effects of drug and alcohol addiction. As the individual's brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance over time, the effect that the drug creates within the body is lessened. Due to this physical tolerance, more and more drugs or alcohol must be consumed to get high or even get a buzz.

The physical aspect of addiction is the first thing an addict will address when making the decision to seek treatment for addiction. A detoxification program in Maplewood, New Jersey delivered by a qualified Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility will navigate the addict through the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that are caused by abruptly coming off of drugs or alcohol. These withdrawal symptoms can last for days, weeks or months; all depending on the drug of choice and individual circumstances. Heroin withdrawal for example will take a considerable amount of time to detox and is a highly painful and uncomfortable process. Detoxification and psychological counseling right from get-go will put the individual on the right path to address issues involved with drug and alcohol abuse. This gives the individual a better chance of having a lasting recovery and prevents relapse.

A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Maplewood, NJ. takes the individual out of the environment which may have triggered their addiction, and offers an environment that will ensure a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The individual will be given tools to better handle life situations and triggers which may have caused their drug use. When the individual completes treatment and does return home, he will do so with a new ability to handle triggers, which will no longer have an influence over him, his actions and behavior.

People who have abused drugs and alcohol shows changes in their brain. Research shows that these changes in the brain effect how an addict responds to situations. Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities are aware of this and know that an addict will need more than high hopes to beat addiction. This is yet another reason why professional treatment at an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Facility in Maplewood, NJ. is so important.

There are a lot of reasons to seek treatment today, mainly because most people who try to kick the habit on their own will fail and just start using drugs or alcohol again. Tackling addiction and getting control of your life can be achieved by seeking treatment at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center in Maplewood, NJ. It doesn't have to be another failure, sobriety can be achieved with the right technology and the care and support of people who want to see you winning again. Don't think about it, do something about it and get your life or the life of someone you care about on the road to a sober and happy life today. Treatment can begin immediately by finding which option is best for you at one of the many Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Programs in Maplewood, NJ.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) and speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the Maplewood, New Jersey Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility request form and a counselor will contact you shortly.

There are no listings in Maplewood, NJ. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Maplewood, New Jersey:

Reunity House South Orange, NJ 1.3 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Strathmore Treatment Associates Irvington, NJ 1.8 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
New Hope Behavioral Health Center Irvington, NJ 1.8 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Health Services, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicare, Private health insurance
New Street Treatment Associates LLC Irvington, NJ 1.8 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Step By Step Irvington, NJ 1.8 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Newark Renaissance House Inc Newark, NJ 2.3 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Univ of Medicine and Dentistry NJ Newark, NJ 2.3 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Habit Opco Inc Union, NJ 2.3 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Gannon Counseling Union, NJ 2.5 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Lynn Laucik Union, NJ 2.5 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Suburban Treatment Associates Union, NJ 2.5 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Horizons Community Development Orange, NJ 3.1 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Access to Recovery
East Orange Substance Abuse Trt Prog East Orange, NJ 3.2 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Johnson Associates PC East Orange, NJ 3.2 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Family Connections Orange, NJ 3.3 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Airmid Counseling Services East Orange, NJ 3.7 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Community Psychiatric Institute East Orange, NJ 3.7 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Consumer Friends Inc East Orange, NJ 3.7 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
East Orange General Hospital East Orange, NJ 3.7 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Johnson and Associates East Orange, NJ 3.7 miles from Maplewood
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Access to Recovery

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Primary care physicians should not hesitate to screen for potential drug abuse or dependence if a patient presents specific symptoms that are known to be associated with problem use of a substance.

When a person injects, sniffs, or orally ingests an opiate, the drug travels quickly to the brain through the bloodstream.

10% of the 2,000,000 people who take heroin every year in the United States actually use the drug habitually (approximately 220,000)

During 2007, 0.4% of the 10th grade students reported using methamphetamine in the past month. Criminal justice costs related to meth during 2005 across the U.S. were over 4 billion dollars.

Demand for safrole, a substance used in the manufacture of Ecstasy, is causing rapid and illegal harvesting of the tree which produces this substance in Southeast Asia, in particular the Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia.

For those aged 12 or older, the State percentages ranged from a low of 7.6 percent in Alabama to a high of 12.7 percent in the District of Columbia for past year dependence on or abuse of illegal drugs or alcohol. Nine out of ten States in the top fifth for dependence on or abuse of illegal drugs or alcohol for persons aged 12 or older also were in the top fifth for dependence on or abuse of alcohol alone.


The following survey was completed by residents of Maplewood, New Jersey as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Maplewood, New Jersey. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of May 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
95%
1%
4%
Marijuana use in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
95%
5%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
80%
20%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
98%
2%
Perception of Alcohol in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
8%
85%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
76%
24%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
89%
5%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
16%
47%
27%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Maplewood, New Jersey?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
5%
10%
0%
9%
8%
1%
49%
7%
2%
9%
Most common first drug experience in Maplewood, New Jersey?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
5%
3%
8%
3%
5%
11%
3%
7%
10%
16%
8%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Maplewood, New Jersey schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Maplewood, New Jersey under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
89%
7%
Have you ever gone to school in Maplewood, New Jersey under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
97%
3%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Maplewood, New Jersey?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
22%
5%
3%
5%
3%
4%
13%
5%
9%
6%
16%
9%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
7%
11%
53%
29%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
6%
94%
Surveys updated monthly.

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