Seattle / Maple Valley
Maple Valley is about 23 miles from the Census center point for Seattle in a straight line and covers 6.004 square miles of land (Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and land area, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/, checked 2026-10-19).
Maple Valley has 28,287 residents (give or take 47) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US5343150, checked 2026-10-19), about 4,711 people per square mile.
4,711 people per square mile puts Maple Valley in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 9,394 occupied homes in Maple Valley, 59% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 39% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US5343150, checked 2026-10-19).
Maple Valley has about the King County oil share of 2% and 16 points less electric heat than the county's 55% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US53033, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 59% of Maple Valley against electricity at 39%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
The median Maple Valley home was built in 2001 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US5343150, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US5343150, checked 2026-10-19).
Maple Valley has 9,633 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 9% before 1980, with 53% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US5343150, checked 2026-10-19).
Maple Valley has 11 points fewer pre-1940 homes than King County as a whole (11%) and 23 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 30% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US53033, checked 2026-10-19).
53% of Maple Valley housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US5343150, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
84% of Maple Valley homes are single-family detached, 2% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 8% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US5343150, checked 2026-10-19).
With 84% detached houses and 2% in small multi-family buildings, a Maple Valley quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 17% of Maple Valley homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US5343150, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Maple Valley has 34 points more detached houses than King County overall (50%) and 30 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 38% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US53033, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Maple Valley on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
PSE heat pump rebates (electric resistance to ASHP conversion), run by Puget Sound Energy, is a live program for Washington addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $2,400 per system (registry row 14 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.pse.com/en/rebates/heating/electric-resistance-to-air-source-heat-pump-conversion-rebate, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Maple Valley address before counting it. With 39% of Maple Valley homes already on electric heat and 60% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Seattle City Light heat pump instant discounts, run by Seattle City Light, is a live program for Washington addresses and lists a standard figure of $300 (registry row 47 verified 2026-10-16, https://seattle.gov/city-light/residential-services/home-energy-solutions/heating-and-cooling-your-home, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Maple Valley address before counting it.
Seattle Clean Heat Program (oil to heat pump), run by City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment, is a live program for Washington addresses and lists a standard figure of $2,000 (registry row 48 verified 2026-10-14, https://seattle.gov/environment/climate-change/buildings-and-energy/seattles-clean-heat-program, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Maple Valley address before counting it.
Median household income in Maple Valley is $152,885 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US5343150, checked 2026-10-19); many state and utility heat pump rebate programs set higher incentive tiers for income-qualifying households, so the household income on the application, not the town median, decides which level applies.
Heating design temperature: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), King County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 133 to 135 of 141 (Revised 11/11/2020), https://www.energystar.gov/sites/default/files/Design%20Temperature%20Limit%20Reference%20Guide%20(2019%20Ed)%20-%20ENERGY%20STAR%20Single-Family%20New%20Homes_Rev11.pdf, fetched 2026-10-19, 99%.
That 11F figure is the King County cold-day number a Maple Valley heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 11F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 59% of Maple Valley on gas and 39% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Maple Valley home has 6.6 rooms and was built around 2001, and the count of heads and the tonnage follow the rooms and the insulation, not the square footage.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Maple Valley. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Maple Valley yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.