Maple Valley vs SeaTac

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

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

SeaTac has the higher population (31,143 vs 28,121 in Maple Valley). Maple Valley has the higher median household income ($147,546 vs $76,517 in SeaTac). Maple Valley has the higher median home value ($672,000 vs $483,200 in SeaTac).

Population, income & housing

	Maple Valley	SeaTac
Population	28,121	31,143
Median age	36.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$147,546	$76,517
Median home value	$672,000	$483,200
Median gross rent	$2,189	$1,637
Housing units	9,553	12,424
Homeownership rate	84.4%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maple Valley	SeaTac
Population	26,352 → 28,121 (+6.7%)	29,019 → 31,143 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$114,159 → $147,546 (+29.2%)	$63,009 → $76,517 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$414,400 → $672,000 (+62.2%)	$321,300 → $483,200 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,003 → $2,189 (+9.3%)	$1,286 → $1,637 (+27.3%)

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

SeaTac

Population

29,01931,143

Median household income

$63,009$76,517

Median home value

$321,300$483,200

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maple Valley	SeaTac
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	18.6%	17.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.5%
75 and over	4.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maple Valley	SeaTac
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	29.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	12.4%	15.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.5%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maple Valley	SeaTac
No high school diploma	3.3%	16.1%
High school graduate	18.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maple Valley	SeaTac
Drove alone	72.1%	60.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	15.7%
Public transit	1.7%	6.9%
Walked	0.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	10.8%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maple Valley	SeaTac
1-unit, detached	85.1%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	22.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	19.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Maple Valley	SeaTac
Poverty rate	5.1%	10.4%
Average household size	3.02	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	38	26
Median year structure built	2000	1971