Brush Prairie vs La Center

A side-by-side comparison of Brush Prairie and La Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Brush Prairie and La Center are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

La Center has the higher population (3,885 vs 2,563 in Brush Prairie). La Center has the higher median household income ($118,629 vs $115,511 in Brush Prairie). La Center has the higher median home value ($549,900 vs $515,000 in Brush Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Brush Prairie	La Center
Population	2,563	3,885
Median age	49.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$115,511	$118,629
Median home value	$515,000	$549,900
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,947
Housing units	1,093	1,556
Homeownership rate	83.0%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brush Prairie	La Center
Population	2,636 → 2,563 (-2.8%)	3,219 → 3,885 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$82,458 → $115,511 (+40.1%)	$99,094 → $118,629 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$420,200 → $515,000 (+22.6%)	$348,000 → $549,900 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,750 (+51.9%)	$1,656 → $1,947 (+17.6%)

Brush Prairie

Population

2,6362,563

Median household income

$82,458$115,511

Median home value

$420,200$515,000

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,750

La Center

Population

3,2193,885

Median household income

$99,094$118,629

Median home value

$348,000$549,900

Median gross rent

$1,656$1,947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brush Prairie	La Center
Under 5	4.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	10.8%
75 and over	5.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brush Prairie	La Center
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brush Prairie	La Center
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brush Prairie	La Center
Drove alone	54.8%	77.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.8%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brush Prairie	La Center
1-unit, detached	84.4%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Brush Prairie	La Center
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1977	1997