Custer vs Maple Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Custer and Maple Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Custer has the higher population (266 vs 247 in Maple Falls). Custer has the higher median household income ($130,179 vs $32,324 in Maple Falls). Maple Falls has the higher median home value ($588,000 vs $540,400 in Custer).

Population, income & housing

	Custer	Maple Falls
Population	266	247
Median age	34.1 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$130,179	$32,324
Median home value	$540,400	$588,000
Housing units	113	211
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer	Maple Falls
Population	133 → 266 (+100.0%)	146 → 247 (+69.2%)
Median household income	$53,529 → $130,179 (+143.2%)	$27,374 → $32,324 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$300,000 → $540,400 (+80.1%)	$165,600 → $588,000 (+255.1%)

Custer

Population

133266

Median household income

$53,529$130,179

Median home value

$300,000$540,400

Maple Falls

Population

146247

Median household income

$27,374$32,324

Median home value

$165,600$588,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer	Maple Falls
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	18.6%
25 to 34	54.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	6.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	21.1%	48.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	2.8%
75 and over	0.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer	Maple Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer	Maple Falls
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.9%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer	Maple Falls
Drove alone	82.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer	Maple Falls
1-unit, detached	86.7%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Custer	Maple Falls
Poverty rate	5.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.35	1.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1971	1975