Maple Valley vs Union Hill-Novelty Hill

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

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

Maple Valley has the higher population (28,121 vs 23,272 in Union Hill-Novelty Hill). Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher median household income ($181,820 vs $147,546 in Maple Valley). Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher median home value ($1,174,100 vs $672,000 in Maple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Maple Valley	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Population	28,121	23,272
Median age	36.5 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$147,546	$181,820
Median home value	$672,000	$1,174,100
Median gross rent	$2,189	$2,597
Housing units	9,553	8,843
Homeownership rate	84.4%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maple Valley	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Population	26,352 → 28,121 (+6.7%)	21,992 → 23,272 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$114,159 → $147,546 (+29.2%)	$150,239 → $181,820 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$414,400 → $672,000 (+62.2%)	$809,000 → $1,174,100 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,003 → $2,189 (+9.3%)	$1,989 → $2,597 (+30.6%)

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

Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Population

21,99223,272

Median household income

$150,239$181,820

Median home value

$809,000$1,174,100

Median gross rent

$1,989$2,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maple Valley	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Under 5	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	25.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	18.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.1%	12.2%
75 and over	4.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maple Valley	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	59.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	12.4%	27.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	8.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maple Valley	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	18.4%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maple Valley	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Drove alone	72.1%	51.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.1%
Public transit	1.7%	2.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.9%	40.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maple Valley	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
1-unit, detached	85.1%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Maple Valley	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Poverty rate	5.1%	5.1%
Average household size	3.02	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	38	30
Median year structure built	2000	2001