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Household stress question

Is Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA financially stressful?

A direct, data-backed answer using income, poverty exposure, housing burden, safety-net reliance, and income trend indicators where the public dataset supports it.

Household financial stress

30

/ 100

V2 relative score

Higher scores indicate higher household stress relative to the selected geography scope.

Direct answer

It appears less financially stressful than many peers.

Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA has a household financial stress score of 30, below the middle of comparable city-level locations. Public stress signals are lower than many places, though individual household pressure can still vary widely. This answer uses city-level household stress data for Maple Heights-Lake Desire where the public dataset supports it.

Top drivers in this score

  • Mortgage-burdened households (30%+)

    42.0%

    Risk pressure percentile: 84

  • Rent-burdened households (30%+)

    29.4%

    Risk pressure percentile: 36

  • Households receiving SNAP

    3.8%

    Risk pressure percentile: 26

How this compares

Relative risk score30.1
Median (city-level locations)49.9
Delta vs median-19.8

Approximate percentile: 30 of 100

Coverage and confidence

Scope usedCity-level (place)
Metric coverage6/6
ConfidenceHigh confidence

Most core metrics are available at city level.

Key signals

  • Median household income$143,148
  • Households under 200% poverty9.6%
  • Rent-burdened households (30%+)29.4%
  • Mortgage-burdened households (30%+)42.0%
  • Households receiving SNAP3.8%
  • Income trend (YoY)+9.2%

Coverage: City-level (place) | Source: ACS 2024 5-year | 2024

Why this matters

Household financial stress shows whether local conditions leave households with less room for unexpected costs. It is not a judgment about personal choices; it is a measure of external financial pressure in the local data.

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Common follow-up questions

Is Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA financially stressful?

Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA has a household financial stress score of 30, below the middle of comparable city-level locations. Public stress signals are lower than many places, though individual household pressure can still vary widely. This answer uses city-level household stress data for Maple Heights-Lake Desire where the public dataset supports it.

What household stress data is used for Maple Heights-Lake Desire?

FinancialRiskIQ uses public indicators such as median household income, poverty under 200%, rent burden, mortgage burden, SNAP participation, and income trend when available. The current answer uses city-level (place) data from ACS 2024 5-year (2024).

Does this describe any individual household?

No. The answer is based on aggregated public data for a location. It describes local conditions that can raise or reduce financial pressure, not any individual household outcome.