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Maple Valley
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the City of Maple Valley:

The numbers

Incorporated: 1997

Square miles: 5.65

Population: 11,964

Median family income: $53,000

Median house value: $180,000

Median apartment rent: $630

Parks: 2

The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 36

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 3,000

Completed four-year college or higher: 16 percent

Below poverty level: 3.5 percent

Home ownership: 89 percent

Renters: 11 percent

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Saturday, October 17, 1998

Growth way up as town strives to keep maples

Longtimers and newcomers both miss the way things were

New city born from desire to shape community's growth

More police, less crime follow cityhood

Popular park packs in the visitors

Rural towns share historical ties, among other things

Jon Hahn: Pilot's pipe dream is realized with organ fit for an orchestra

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Maple Valley

Maple Valley historical album

Maple Valley by the numbers

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Covington

Enumclaw

Kent

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