Best PlacesMaple Valley, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maple Valley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Maple Valley ranks 16,498th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Maple Valley
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Maple Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maple Valley ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Maple Valley ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maple Valley
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maple Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,615, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Maple Valley's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maple Valley
Maple Valley runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maple Valley.
Who works in Maple Valley, and how
Work in Maple Valley centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Maple Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Maple Valley.
What the weather is like in Maple Valley, month by month
Maple Valley sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Maple Valley
Indianapolis International sits about 37 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Maple Valley
Schools across Maple Valley average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastern Hancock Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Knightstown Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastern Hancock Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Knightstown Intermediate SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastern Hancock High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Knightstown High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maple Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maple Valley measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Maple Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maple Valley
Is Maple Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maple Valley ranks 16,498th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, fast internet, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maple Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,466. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $90,615 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Maple Valley safe?
Maple Valley is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $279 per resident a year.
Compare Maple Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maple Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maple Valley represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Maple Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maple Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maple Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maple Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maple Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maple Valley detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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