Issaquah vs Maple Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Issaquah and Maple Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Issaquah and Maple Valley are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Issaquah has the higher population (39,472 vs 28,121 in Maple Valley). Issaquah has the higher median household income ($153,786 vs $147,546 in Maple Valley). Issaquah has the higher median home value ($934,100 vs $672,000 in Maple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Issaquah	Maple Valley
Population	39,472	28,121
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$153,786	$147,546
Median home value	$934,100	$672,000
Median gross rent	$2,484	$2,189
Housing units	17,180	9,553
Homeownership rate	58.7%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Issaquah	Maple Valley
Population	37,965 → 39,472 (+4.0%)	26,352 → 28,121 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$109,676 → $153,786 (+40.2%)	$114,159 → $147,546 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$642,300 → $934,100 (+45.4%)	$414,400 → $672,000 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,982 → $2,484 (+25.3%)	$2,003 → $2,189 (+9.3%)

Issaquah

Population

37,96539,472

Median household income

$109,676$153,786

Median home value

$642,300$934,100

Median gross rent

$1,982$2,484

Maple Valley

Population

26,35228,121

Median household income

$114,159$147,546

Median home value

$414,400$672,000

Median gross rent

$2,003$2,189

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Issaquah	Maple Valley
Under 5	4.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	25.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	18.2%	18.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.1%
75 and over	6.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Issaquah	Maple Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	70.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	27.6%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	1.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.7%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Issaquah	Maple Valley
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	7.6%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Issaquah	Maple Valley
Drove alone	49.7%	72.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.8%
Public transit	3.5%	1.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	36.7%	19.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Issaquah	Maple Valley
1-unit, detached	37.3%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	5.4%
20 or more units	21.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Issaquah	Maple Valley
Poverty rate	5.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.38	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	2002	2000