Fact text

  • Maple Valley got its name from a hat, residents literally wrote name suggestions on slips of paper and drew to decide.
  • The winning name was actually 'Vine Maple Valley,' but the post office chopped off 'Vine' because it was too long.
  • A former lumber mill lake transformed into a full resort complete with a ballroom, roller rink, airstrip, golf course, and bowling alley, all in one spot.
  • The city wasn't officially incorporated until 1997, meaning it was technically a town without official city status for over 100 years of existence.
Your
Maple Valley
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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26739
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Total Population
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$
117706
Median Income
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$
451900
Median Home
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8
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Maple Valley
ranks for retirees?
59
/ 100

A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.

Tax
79
Affordability
48
Healthcare
60
Climate
33

Results

Maple Valley

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
79

Washington levies no state income tax, meaning Social Security, pension payments, and IRA or 401(k) withdrawals are all free from state-level taxation.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
79
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
48

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
48
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
60

The area has

16

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

4

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
33

A

Temperate

climate — summers peak near

74

°F, winters dip to about

33

°F, with roughly

4

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Temperate
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Very High

FEMA's overall natural-disaster risk rating for this county on the National Risk Index.

Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Very High

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