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Maple Heights-Lake Desire is a small town of 4,113 people in King County, Washington. It's about 17 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 76°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $876k and rent runs about $3k a month.
4,113people
$876kTypical home
$3,130/moRent
76° / 46°Summer / winter
8"Snow
169Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,113
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,011 people per sq mi
- 17 mi to Seattle, WA
- 17 mi to Seattle, WA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $876k (≈$5,525/mo)
- Median rent $3,130/mo
- Median household income $143k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 76°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (62 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 8" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (355 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,759 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 46
- 40% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 48% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to SEA airport
- 10 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 21 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 100% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 495 ft
- 11 mi to the ocean
- 87 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 60 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,017 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 357 bars within 25 mi
- 1,174 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 40 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 81 museums within 25 mi
- 60 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 38% of Washington districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- King County: D+52 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk