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Lakewood, WA

63,034 Population
17.1 square miles 3,694.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,711 ±$2,529 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $61,286 ±$389
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$70,524 ±$3,456 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $112,594 ±$909
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

13.6% ±1.7% (8,406  ±1,050) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.4% 332,072 (±0.2% / ±8,221)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

28.8 minutes ±2 (778,715  ±65,565) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.6 48,532,780 (±0.1 / ±305,413)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

26,125 ±662 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,586,350 ±3,413
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.4 ±0.1 (61,531  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,948,877 (±0 / ±709)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

6.5% ±2.3% (1,009  ±355) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.1% 50,647 (±0.2% / ±1,950)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

28,010 ±761 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,681,971 ±386
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$420,500 ±$13,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $673,500 ±$2,926
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

17.7% ±2.5% (10,978  ±1,556.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 16% 636,506 (±0.3% / ±10,390.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

87.1% ±3.4% (38,318  ±1,696.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 2,660,423 (±0.4% / ±12,064.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
22.6% ±1.6% (9,955  ±746) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 46.3% 1,319,923 (±0.3% / ±8,092.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.3% ±1.8% (9,639  ±1,115) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 20.4% 820,232
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

13.3% ±1.2% (6,341  ±600) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.7% 211,008 (±0.1% / ±3,479)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
6,341 Total veterans ±600 4,981 Male ±517 1,360 Female ±283

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