Algona vs Maple Heights-Lake Desire

A side-by-side comparison of Algona and Maple Heights-Lake Desire: population, income, housing, and more.

Algona and Maple Heights-Lake Desire are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Maple Heights-Lake Desire has the higher population (3,694 vs 3,239 in Algona). Maple Heights-Lake Desire has the higher median household income ($131,042 vs $84,583 in Algona). Maple Heights-Lake Desire has the higher median home value ($753,300 vs $413,000 in Algona).

Population, income & housing

	Algona	Maple Heights-Lake Desire
Population	3,239	3,694
Median age	32.5 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$131,042
Median home value	$413,000	$753,300
Median gross rent	$1,839	$2,903
Housing units	964	1,320
Homeownership rate	82.5%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algona	Maple Heights-Lake Desire
Population	3,211 → 3,239 (+0.9%)	3,641 → 3,694 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$74,844 → $84,583 (+13.0%)	$109,457 → $131,042 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$253,000 → $413,000 (+63.2%)	$518,700 → $753,300 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,839 (+51.4%)	$1,390 → $2,903 (+108.8%)

Algona

Population

3,2113,239

Median household income

$74,844$84,583

Median home value

$253,000$413,000

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,839

Maple Heights-Lake Desire

Population

3,6413,694

Median household income

$109,457$131,042

Median home value

$518,700$753,300

Median gross rent

$1,390$2,903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algona	Maple Heights-Lake Desire
Under 5	6.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	19.8%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	3.6%	15.3%
75 and over	2.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algona	Maple Heights-Lake Desire
White (non-Hispanic)	36.7%	65.4%
Black or African American	9.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	15.0%	13.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algona	Maple Heights-Lake Desire
No high school diploma	24.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algona	Maple Heights-Lake Desire
Drove alone	73.5%	71.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	6.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	20.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algona	Maple Heights-Lake Desire
1-unit, detached	74.1%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Algona	Maple Heights-Lake Desire
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.1%
Average household size	3.46	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1988	1982