Maple Heights-Lake Desire is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,873.
Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Maple Heights-Lake Desire ranks 28th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
Geography
Maple Heights-Lake Desire is located in west-central King County and is bordered to the west by the Fairwood CDP, with which it shares a ZIP code, and to the south by the Shadow Lake CDP. Washington State Route 169, running through the Cedar River valley, forms the northern border, and the eastern boundary follows 196th Avenue SE. The southern border of the CDP is SE Petrovitsky Road. The community is southeast of Renton and southeast of downtown Seattle.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 4.68%, are water. Lake Desire is in the western part of the CDP, and Spring Lake is in the east. Cedar Mountain sits between the two lakes and contains a trail network. The neighborhood of Maple Valley Heights is in the northeast.
Demographics
As of the census