A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Bothell West$4,850/mo

Typical home $825K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $2,511/mo · Housing →

Maple Valley$4,580/mo

Typical home $771K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $2,304/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,200 a year, between Bothell West and Maple Valley.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Washington ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–Bothell WestNot graded BMaple ValleySafer than 58% of U.S. towns

Schools

ABothell WestBetter than 88% of districts in the state AMaple ValleyBetter than 93% of districts in the state

Health

A+Bothell WestHealthier than 96% of U.S. towns A+Maple ValleyHealthier than 96% of U.S. towns

8Bothell West

8Maple Valley

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 275 towns #225#74 Most trailsOutdoors · 236 towns #144#17 Lowest depressionHealth · 284 towns #39#162 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 284 towns #95#172 Shortest commuteGetting around · 284 towns #216#260 Lowest obesityHealth · 284 towns #58#19 Fastest growingGrowth · 279 towns #34#68 Most educatedPeople · 284 towns #28#54

Left end = #1 in Washington. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Bothell West’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Bothell WestMaple Valley

Snow a year4″18″

January low37°F 34°F

July high77°F 75°F

Growing season (days)259d 219d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)67th 70th

Outdoors & history

Bothell WestMaple Valley

Trails3 mi 16 mi

Conserved land1.3%7.1%

Settled—1997

National Register places—1

Archive photos—9

Famous people born here—7

Community

Bothell WestMaple Valley

Library hours a week—45 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

32 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bothell WestWA Maple ValleyWA

Bothell West ↔ Maple Valley32 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Washington average

Bothell WestMaple Valley

People

Population 22,029Lowest 28,287Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +32.6%Highest WA: +14.6% +23.5%Lowest WA: +14.6%

Median age 38±1.5Highest about the WA average 36.7±1.2Lowest 4% below WA

Bothell West and Maple Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 23.4%±2.2Lowest WA: 21.4% 31.3%±2.3Highest WA: 21.4%

Age 65+ 11.1%±1.1Highest WA: 16.6% 9.6%±1.4Lowest WA: 16.6%

Bothell West and Maple Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 56.2%Highest WA: 39.6% 50.2%Lowest WA: 39.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±1.1Highest WA: 5.7% 3.5%±0.8Lowest WA: 5.7%

Bothell West and Maple Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $153,449±$14kHighest 56% above WA $152,885±$14kLowest 56% above WA

Bothell West and Maple Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $824,900±$27kHighest 46% above WA $724,700±$20kLowest 28% above WA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,511±$171Highest 43% above WA $2,304±$242Lowest 31% above WA

Bothell West and Maple Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,304Highest 38% above WA $6,110Lowest 34% above WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.3%±10.1Lowest WA: 49.9% 51.1%±15.9Highest WA: 49.9%

Maple Valley and Bothell West are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3%Lowest WA: 9.9% 4.8%Highest WA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.6%Lowest WA: 63.8% 83.2%Highest WA: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Lowest 8 yrs newer than WA 2001Highest 16 yrs newer than WA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minLowest 20% above WA 37 minHighest 39% above WA

Work from home 27.4%±2.6Highest WA: 19.8% 23.9%±2.8Lowest WA: 19.8%

Bothell West and Maple Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Lowest 7.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 16.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.12Lowest 0.41Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Seattle (26%)Seattle (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Maple ValleyFew work in Bothell West

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 7.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.0 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 2.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 15Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 127Lowest 132Highest

Schools

School district Edmonds School District · Northshore School DistrictTahoma School District

High school in town None in townTahoma Senior High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 24.0

Washington average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Bothell West vs Maple Valley

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Bothell West

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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